From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3ED0DE077 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:23:14 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 04:22:58 +0300 From: Vitaly Bordug To: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not duplicate PHY layer functionality Message-ID: <20071205042258.486f5738@kernel.crashing.org> In-Reply-To: <4755B395.6070104@garzik.org> References: <20071126142906.19642.45540.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <4755B395.6070104@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:07:49 -0500 Jeff Garzik wrote: > Vitaly Bordug wrote: > > With that patch fixed.c now fully emulates MDIO bus, thus no need > > to duplicate PHY layer functionality. That, in turn, drastically > > simplifies the code, and drops down line count. > > > > As an additional bonus, now there is no need to register MDIO bus > > for each PHY, all emulated PHYs placed on the platform fixed MDIO > > bus. There is also no more need to pre-allocate PHYs via .config > > option, this is all now handled dynamically. > > > > p.s. Don't even try to understand patch content! Better: apply patch > > and look into resulting drivers/net/phy/fixed.c. > > > > Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov > > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug > > ACK, I presume this will go via the ppc tree? > Yes, I'll add your ack in next respin and will ask Paul to consider it, if you don't mind. -- Sincerely, Vitaly