netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: mdio: of: Do not treat fixed-link as PHY

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Message-ID: <20200330161740.GC23477@lunn.ch>
Date:   Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:17:40 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Codrin Ciubotariu <codrin.ciubotariu@...rochip.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mdio: of: Do not treat fixed-link as PHY

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 07:01:36PM +0300, Codrin Ciubotariu wrote:
> Some ethernet controllers, such as cadence's macb, have an embedded MDIO.
> For this reason, the ethernet PHY nodes are not under an MDIO bus, but
> directly under the ethernet node.

Hi Codrin

That is deprecated. It causes all sorts of problems putting PHY nodes
in the MAC without a container.

Please fix macb to look for an mdio node, and place your fixed link
inside it.

       Andrew