From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:46:15 -0400
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [RFC][PATCH 0/1] New Ethernet initialization
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Hello,

By any measure, net/eth.c is messy and only gets worse as each new
Ethernet controller gets added.  This patch moves initialization to
board code, providing the following benefits:

1. Board developers have more control over the ordering of Ethernet
interfaces on a board, and can easily instantiate several different
interfaces.  This will make a PHY library easier to implement.
2. Ethernet controllers are decoupled from the net library.
3. /net/eth.c will become much smaller and easier to read.

I've initially implemented only on TSEC, because I have a couple of
different boards with this controller (MPC8349EMDS and MPC8555CDS) and
am able to test it.  Note that in this patch the TSEC driver itself
isn't touched - only where it's initialized.

If feedback is positive, I'll port all other in-tree controllers and
boards and will put in a branch of the net tree.  Hopefully volunteers
will line up to sanity test.

Please have a look and let me know your thoughts.

regards,
Ben