netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/8] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Implement external MDIO bus on mv88e6390

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Date:   Sat, 21 Jan 2017 17:07:42 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/8] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Implement external
 MDIO bus on mv88e6390

> This looks fine, although I am not clear why we cannot utilize a
> standard representation of a MDIO bus (with PHY devices as child nodes)
> which has a specific compatible string, e.g:
> marvell,mv88e6390-external-mdio, and that is a child node of the 6390
> Ethernet switch itself, something like:

Humm, interesting idea. I did not think of this, because the current
code just looks for an mdio property, and does not care about any
compatible string.

I will think about this.

Thanks

  Andrew