Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] split out emac cpdma and mdio for reuse

[Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>]

Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@ti.com> writes:

> Davinci's EMAC device has an in-built MDIO controller and a CPDMA engine.
> These hardware modules are not restricted to EMAC device alone.  For example,
> CPSW3G (3-port gigabit ethernet switch) hardware uses these very same modules
> internally.  This patch series separates out EMAC's MDIO and CPDMA
> functionality, allowing these individual pieces to be reused across TI
> hardware.  

[...]

> Changes from v3 (rolled in "post cpdma/mdio refactoring fixes" series):
>   1. allow forced 100/full mode instead of phy auto-detect
>   2. specify phy_id on boards that had a phy_mask defined earlier
>   3. requeue cpdma descriptors when EOQ at submit
>   4. use calculated mdio bus access times instead of hardcoded delays
>   5. work around emac soft-reset impact on mdio controller state
>   6. extend register dumps to include cpdma registers
>   7. updated sign offs and acks

Thanks Cyril for one more spin with these updates.  Queuing this one for
2.6.37 in davinci-next.

davinci git is now updated with this series (may take a bit to propagate
to kernel.org mirrors though)

Kevin