Re: net: phy: Add config option to specify external switch port to be used if switch is used as PHY

Re: net: phy: Add config option to specify external switch port to be used if switch is used as PHY

[Lambrecht Jürgen]

On 06/03/2013 09:06 PM, rajkumar veer wrote:
> Hi  Jurgen,
>
> I am working on iMX6  FEC. Hw has  Marvel 88E6320 7-port switch 
> instead of  a phy, which is connected  to CPU through RGMII via switch 
> Port 5.I am using the DSDT driver suit for marvell switch 88E6320.as 
> you konw that this setup doesn't work after the FEC code was switch to 
> using phylib.
I had to google my own name to remember :-).
Can't you do as I did in my patch proposal, see 
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.embedded/3690 ?
>
> Could you please help me to find out that what are code modification 
> is required for phy less fec driver to bypass phy detection/setup (phy 
> lib).
>
> Regards
>
> Raj
We use the fixed phy on our imx5 connected to a marvell switch, because 
we do not always have an SMI bus connected to the switch:
drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
You could also try this.

Regards,
Jürgen

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