From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sunder ramani Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] of: add of_parse_phandle() helper for parsing Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:35:02 +0530 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linuxppc-dev-bounces+glppe-linuxppc-embedded-2=m.gmane.org@ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+glppe-linuxppc-embedded-2=m.gmane.org@ozlabs.org To: Grant Likely Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, devicetree-discuss list , afleming@freescale.com List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Hi Grant, Thanx a lot for the comments. I will start activities to bind the phy type to the phy layer and post someting useful. But, to be honest, please correct me on spot wherever i go wrong. I am new the open source and this is very exciting! thanx! Sundar On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Grant Likely wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:37 PM, sunder ramani w= rote: >> To Summarize, should not we have a phy_type flag in the OF tree which >> will let the PHY layer do the various PHY tasks based on if it is a >> copper/fiber interface. I really dont like my fix in my kernel and am >> new to open source. Do you think it is a valid argument? If it so, I >> would like to plan to introduce those changes and post to the >> community. > > Yes, we probably do need some form of flag here for describing the PHY > interface. =A0Feel free to post a suggested binding for this. > > g. > > -- > Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. > Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. >