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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: net: macb: fail when there's no PHY
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 05:07:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201203040758.GC2333853@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <rq9nih$egv$1@ciao.gmane.io>

> So I can avoid my local hack to macb_main.c by doing a doing a local
> hack to macb_main.c?

User space drivers were never supported in any meaningful way. The
IOCTL call is basically there for mii-tool, and nothing much more.

The way to avoid your local hack is to move your drivers into the
kernel, along side all the other drivers for devices on MDIO busses.

	Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-03  4:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-21 19:59 net: macb: fail when there's no PHY Grant Edwards
2017-09-21 20:05 ` Florian Fainelli
2017-09-21 20:36   ` Grant Edwards
2017-09-21 21:35     ` Brandon Streiff
2017-09-29  7:05       ` Harini Katakam
     [not found]   ` <CAK=1mW6Gti0QpUjirB6PfMCiQvnDjkbb56pVKkQmpCSkRU6wtA@mail.gmail.com>
2020-12-02 18:10     ` Florian Fainelli
2020-12-02 18:24       ` Grant Edwards
2020-12-02 18:35         ` Andrew Lunn
2020-12-02 19:16           ` Grant Edwards
2020-12-02 21:11             ` Andrew Lunn
2020-12-02 21:23               ` Grant Edwards
2020-12-03  2:39                 ` Andrew Lunn
2020-12-03  3:03               ` Grant Edwards
2020-12-03  3:42                 ` Florian Fainelli
2020-12-03  3:54                   ` Grant Edwards
2020-12-03  4:07                     ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2020-12-03 15:07                       ` Grant Edwards
2020-12-03 21:17                         ` Andrew Lunn
2020-12-03 21:39                           ` Grant Edwards
2020-12-03 21:49                             ` Andrew Lunn
2020-12-03 22:20                               ` Grant Edwards
2020-12-04  8:28                                 ` Alexander Dahl
2020-12-04  8:28                                   ` Alexander Dahl
2020-12-04  8:28                                   ` Alexander Dahl
2020-12-04 13:42                                   ` Grant Edwards
2020-12-04 17:36                                   ` Andrew Lunn
2020-12-04 17:36                                     ` Andrew Lunn
2020-12-04 17:36                                     ` Andrew Lunn
2020-12-04 16:47                     ` Florian Fainelli
2020-12-05  2:52                       ` Grant Edwards
2020-12-05  3:06                         ` Florian Fainelli
2020-12-03  4:00                 ` Andrew Lunn
2020-12-02 18:10   ` Grant Edwards

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