netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] net: ftgmac100: Add support for DT phy-handle property

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 1 Aug 2019 05:55:49 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...id.au>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, joel@....id.au, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        hkallweit1@...il.com, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] net: ftgmac100: Add support for DT
 phy-handle property

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 03:09:58PM +0930, Andrew Jeffery wrote:
> phy-handle is necessary for the AST2600 which separates the MDIO
> controllers from the MAC.
> 
> I've tried to minimise the intrusion of supporting the AST2600 to the
> FTGMAC100 by leaving in place the existing MDIO support for the embedded
> MDIO interface. The AST2400 and AST2500 continue to be supported this
> way, as it avoids breaking/reworking existing devicetrees.
> 
> The AST2600 support by contrast requires the presence of the phy-handle
> property in the MAC devicetree node to specify the appropriate PHY to
> associate with the MAC. In the event that someone wants to specify the
> MDIO bus topology under the MAC node on an AST2400 or AST2500, the
> current auto-probe approach is done conditional on the absence of an
> "mdio" child node of the MAC.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...id.au>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew