From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 01 May 2006 20:16:09 +0100 (BST) Received: from smtp103.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.200.238]:10428 "HELO smtp103.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com") by ftp.linux-mips.org with SMTP id S8133466AbWEATP7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 May 2006 20:15:59 +0100 Received: (qmail 1851 invoked from network); 1 May 2006 19:15:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.103?) (ppopov@embeddedalley.com@71.128.175.242 with plain) by smtp103.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 May 2006 19:15:51 -0000 Subject: Re: RFC: au1000_etc.c phylib rewrite From: Pete Popov Reply-To: ppopov@embeddedalley.com To: Herbert Valerio Riedel Cc: sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, jgarzik@pobox.com In-Reply-To: <1146510542.16643.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1146510542.16643.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Embedded Alley Solutions, Inc Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 12:15:45 -0700 Message-Id: <1146510945.21947.44.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 11252 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ppopov@embeddedalley.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 21:09 +0200, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote: > hello *, > > I've started to rewrite the au1000_eth.c driver to make use of the new > PHY framework in 2.6.x; see the attached patch for the current work in > progress state; > > I'm a bit unsure what to do about those workarounds/hacks that are in > the original au1000_eth.c driver (e.g. for the broadcom dual PHY); Maybe you should dump that bcm dual phy support. I can't remember what board it was on and whether that board is even supported still. > any comments/ideas? shall I continue work on this au1xxx-eth > phylib-rewrite, or is it of no use? Seems like a good idea to me. Pete