[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 3/3] net: igb: register mii_bus for SerDes w/ external phy

[Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@cumulusnetworks.com>]

On 5/20/15 11:46 AM, Tim Harvey wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Jonathan Toppins
> <jtoppins@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
>> On 5/12/15 6:37 PM, Tim Harvey wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> agreed - I will separate this into a different patch. I think
>>> SIOCGMIIREG/SIOCSMIIREG are useful for debugging and various userspace
>>> tools like ethtool and others that allow direct mii register access. I'm
>>> not clear what the general consusus is but there do seem to be many
>>> ethernet drivers that support SIOCMIIREG including the phylib default
>>> ioctl handler.
>>
>>
>> I am on holiday, will get a chance to read over the thread this weekend.
>>
>> Regards,
>> -Jon
>
> Jon,
>
> I will be posting a followup patch very soon (hopefully in the next
> couple of days) for adding phylib support to igb hopefully addressing
> Alexander's comments and concerns noted in this thread. My phylib phy
> driver is an un-posted work-in-progress and because my phy operates
> likely different from yours, you will need to write a phylib phy
> driver to test the patch when its posted.
>
> Tim
>

Thanks for the update Tim. I have not had time to look at this for now 
but also have not seen your v2 series either, did I miss that?

-Jon