netdev - Re: [net-next: PATCH 0/8] Armada 7k/8k PP2 ACPI support

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Date:   Tue, 9 Jan 2018 14:00:12 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
Cc:     Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@...aro.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "<netdev@...r.kernel.org>" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Antoine Ténart 
        <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>,
        Nadav Haklai <nadavh@...vell.com>,
        Neta Zur Hershkovits <neta@...vell.com>,
        Grzegorz Jaszczyk <jaz@...ihalf.com>,
        Tomasz Nowicki <tn@...ihalf.com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Subject: Re: [net-next: PATCH 0/8] Armada 7k/8k PP2 ACPI support

On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 11:22:00AM +0100, Marcin Wojtas wrote:
> 2018-01-09 11:19 GMT+01:00 Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@...aro.org>:
> > On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 06:17:06PM +0100, Marcin Wojtas wrote:
> >> Hi Andrew,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2018-01-08 16:42 GMT+01:00 Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>:
> >> > w> I am not familiar with MDIO, but if its similar or a specific
> >> >> implementation of a serial bus that does sound sane!
> >> >
> >>
> >> Thanks for digging, I will check if and how we can use
> >> GenericSerialBus with MDIO.
> >>
> > Maybe Lorenzo, Hanjun, Sudeep can comment here they might have come
> > across similar on other ARM boards.
> >
> 
> I'm looking forward to their feedback, however, what I've noticed,
> each driver handles mdio/phys on its own, not using any generic
> solution, which is what I need to actually avoid :)

Agreed. Lets define it once for all drivers using phylib/phylink.

	Andrew