Re: [PATCH v2.6.26] Add support for board-level PHY fixups

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Andy Fleming wrote:
> Sometimes the specific interaction between the platform and the PHY requires
> special handling.  For instance, to change where the PHY's clock input is, or to
> add a delay to account for latency issues in the data path.  We add a mechanism
> for registering a callback with the PHY Lib to be called on matching PHYs when
> they are brought up, or reset.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/phy.txt |   38 +++++++++++-
>  drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c       |    3 +
>  drivers/net/phy/phy.c            |    4 +-
>  drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c     |  129 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  include/linux/phy.h              |   24 +++++++-
>  5 files changed, 182 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

applied, though I wish the kernel would unify on the choice of "fixup" 
or "quirk"