From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 0/4] ARM: STi fixes and ethernet support
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 09:56:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201307090956.03191.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51DBB629.1050000@st.com>
On Tuesday 09 July 2013, Srinivas KANDAGATLA wrote:
> stmmac (aka "dwmac" a synopsis IP) driver is integrated in to kernel
> sometime in 2.6 series I think :-), and Is used by more than 4 platforms
> in 3.10 kernel. The driver is more generic than it sounds.
> So adding properties/hooks specific to STiH41x SOCs in driver seemed to
> incorrect. Instead doing platform specific bits in the mach via
> callbacks was the only choice I had.
No, you should be using generic interfaces to do the things you need.
I believe what you are missing is an ethernet phy driver that is specific
to your SoC.
Arnd
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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: srinivas.kandagatla@st.com
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Stuart Menefy <stuart.menefy@st.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@stlinux.com,
Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] ARM: STi fixes and ethernet support
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 09:56:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201307090956.03191.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51DBB629.1050000@st.com>
On Tuesday 09 July 2013, Srinivas KANDAGATLA wrote:
> stmmac (aka "dwmac" a synopsis IP) driver is integrated in to kernel
> sometime in 2.6 series I think :-), and Is used by more than 4 platforms
> in 3.10 kernel. The driver is more generic than it sounds.
> So adding properties/hooks specific to STiH41x SOCs in driver seemed to
> incorrect. Instead doing platform specific bits in the mach via
> callbacks was the only choice I had.
No, you should be using generic interfaces to do the things you need.
I believe what you are missing is an ethernet phy driver that is specific
to your SoC.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-09 7:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-08 8:15 [PATCH v1 0/4] ARM: STi fixes and ethernet support Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-08 8:15 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-08 8:17 ` [PATCH v1 1/4] ARM: dts: STi: Fix pinconf setup for STiH416 serial2 Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-08 8:17 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-08 8:18 ` [PATCH v1 2/4] ARM: STi: Set correct ARM ERRATAs Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-08 8:18 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-08 8:18 ` [PATCH v1 3/4] ARM: STi: Add STiH415 ethernet support Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-08 8:18 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-08 8:18 ` [PATCH v1 4/4] ARM: STi: Add STiH416 " Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-08 8:18 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-08 23:18 ` [PATCH v1 0/4] ARM: STi fixes and " Arnd Bergmann
2013-07-08 23:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-07-09 7:05 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-09 7:05 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-09 7:56 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2013-07-09 7:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-07-09 10:34 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-09 10:34 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-09 21:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-07-09 21:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-07-10 10:27 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-07-10 10:27 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
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