netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] net-next: stmmac: support future possible different internal phy mode

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Message-ID: <20170728134736.GC32230@lunn.ch>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:47:36 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Cc:     Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, alexandre.torgue@...com,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-sunxi <linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@...c.io>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] net-next: stmmac: support future possible different
 internal phy mode

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 05:53:40PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Corentin Labbe
> <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > The current way to find if the phy is internal is to compare DT phy-mode
> > and emac_variant/internal_phy.
> > But it will negate a possible future SoC where an external PHY use the
> > same phy mode than the internal one.
> >
> > This patchs series adds a new way to find if the PHY is internal, via its
> > compatible.
> 
> You've already joined in on the discussion for the patch "net: stmmac:
> dwmac-rk: Add internal phy support". It is pretty much the same issue.
> Please wait for it to come to a proper conclusion. At least then we can
> agree on something so different platforms with the same problem don't
> have diverging solutions.

Yes, this is important.

     Andrew