From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Wappler Marcel <Marcel.Wappler@bridgeco.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
NetDev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: let the MII driver inform a MAC about changed wire speed
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:36:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4806474A.3020502@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83116F0A4FF67A4F97BA0B6E408C48E301F22BDD@zuerich.BC-Int.NET>
Wappler Marcel wrote:
> This was tested on a ARM926 base SoC with an IP based ethernet MAC (10/100 MBit) together with a Realtek RTL8201 MII and a SMCSC
> 8700 RMII with kernel 2.6.24.
>
> ---
> An Ethernet MAC needs to know the medium speed (10/100/1000 Mbps) of an RMII PHY in order to correctly interpret data originating
> from that PHY. The function mii_check_media() has been extended to allow retrieval of the medium speed by a MAC driver. A trivial
> modification to existing MAC drivers will allow them to cover operation with both MII and RMII PHYs.
> Signed-off-by: Marcel Wappler <marcel.wappler@bridgeco.net>
Please make sure to copy netdev list...
Queued for review.
Jeff
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-16 18:37 UTC|newest]
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2008-04-16 13:20 [PATCH] net: let the MII driver inform a MAC about changed wire speed Wappler Marcel
2008-04-16 18:36 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
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