netdev - Re: Broadcom BCM54610 Linux support

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Message-ID: <20150708052221.GG25160@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Wed, 8 Jul 2015 07:22:21 +0200
From:	Markus Pargmann <mpa@...gutronix.de>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM54610 Linux support

Hi,

On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 10:34:56AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> (adding Michael)
> 
> On 07/07/15 03:58, Markus Pargmann wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I found the phy driver which supports broadcom BCM5461. But I am not
> > sure if this driver does support BCM54610 in fiber mode as well? Or if
> > there are any open datasheets which could be used to write a mainline
> > driver for it. I would appretiate any information about this.
> 
> There are not publicly available datasheets as far as I can tell, the
> current driver does not support anything but copper modes.
> 
> If you have reference code from somewhere else (e.g: bootloader or a
> Broadcom SDK), I would be inclined to port it over the Linux PHY driver.

Thanks. Unfortunately I don't have any reference code that I could use
to support BCM54610 in fiber mode. So it's probably better to use a
different PHY with more public information.

Thanks,

Markus

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