From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
To: Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com>
Cc: Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, olof@lixom.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/14] phylib: add *_direct() variants of phy_connect and phy_attach functions
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:08:32 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa686aa40904172308l38919bc0jfffbeb3a4106f582@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FD808CF0-C694-4388-BBBE-B92367663F54@freescale.com>
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com> wrot=
e:
>
> On Mar 31, 2009, at 3:27 AM, Grant Likely wrote:
>
>> From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
>>
>> Add phy_connect_direct() and phy_attach_direct() functions so that
>> drivers can use a pointer to the phy_device instead of trying to determi=
ne
>> the phy's bus_id string.
>>
>> This patch is useful for OF device tree descriptions of phy devices wher=
e
>> the driver doesn't need or know what the bus_id value in order to get a
>> phy_device pointer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
>> ---
>> @@ -312,18 +339,21 @@ struct phy_device * phy_connect(struct net_device
>> *dev, const char *bus_id,
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0phy_interface_t interface)
>> {
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0struct phy_device *phydev;
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 struct device *d;
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 int rc;
>>
>> - =A0 =A0 =A0 phydev =3D phy_attach(dev, bus_id, flags, interface);
>> -
>> - =A0 =A0 =A0 if (IS_ERR(phydev))
>> - =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 return phydev;
>> -
>> - =A0 =A0 =A0 phy_prepare_link(phydev, handler);
>> -
>> - =A0 =A0 =A0 phy_start_machine(phydev, NULL);
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 /* Search the list of PHY devices on the mdio bus for the
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0* PHY with the requested name */
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 d =3D bus_find_device_by_name(&mdio_bus_type, NULL, bus_id=
);
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 if (!d) {
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 pr_err("PHY %s not found\n", bus_id);
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 }
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 phydev =3D to_phy_device(d);
>>
>> - =A0 =A0 =A0 if (phydev->irq > 0)
>> - =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 phy_start_interrupts(phydev);
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 rc =3D phy_attach_direct(dev, phydev, flags, interface);
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 if (rc)
>> + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 return ERR_PTR(rc);
>
>
> Why not just invoke phy_attach(), here, and thereby avoid the duplicate
> search code?
Yeah, you're right. I had done it this way for symmetry, but calling
phy_attach_direct is probably better.
g.
--=20
Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-18 6:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-31 8:26 [PATCH 00/14] Add common OF device tree support for MDIO busses Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:26 ` [PATCH 01/14] of: add of_parse_phandle() helper for parsing phandle properties Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:26 ` [PATCH 02/14] net/fec_mpc52xx: Migrate to net_device_ops Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:26 ` [PATCH 03/14] net/fec_mpc52xx: Don't dereference phy_device if it is NULL Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 04/14] phylib: rework to prepare for OF registration of PHYs Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 05/14] phylib: add *_direct() variants of phy_connect and phy_attach functions Grant Likely
2009-04-15 21:10 ` Andy Fleming
2009-04-18 6:08 ` Grant Likely [this message]
2009-04-18 6:18 ` Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 06/14] openfirmware: Add OF phylib support code Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 07/14] net: Rework mpc5200 fec driver to use of_mdio infrastructure Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 08/14] net: rework fsl_pq_mdio " Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 09/14] net: Rework gianfar " Grant Likely
2009-04-15 23:01 ` Andy Fleming
2009-04-18 6:34 ` Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 10/14] net: Rework ucc_geth " Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 11/14] net: Rework pasemi_mac " Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 12/14] powerpc/82xx: Rework Embedded Planet ep8248e platform to use of_mdio Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 13/14] net: Rework fs_enet driver to use of_mdio infrastructure Grant Likely
2009-03-31 8:27 ` [PATCH 14/14] net: add Xilinx ll_temac device driver Grant Likely
2009-03-31 21:57 ` [PATCH 00/14] Add common OF device tree support for MDIO busses David Miller
2009-03-31 22:19 ` Grant Likely
2009-03-31 22:22 ` David Miller
2009-04-01 1:45 ` Grant Likely
2009-04-01 3:38 ` David Miller
2009-04-01 4:56 ` Grant Likely
2009-04-01 5:16 ` David Miller
2009-04-01 5:21 ` Grant Likely
2009-04-15 23:06 ` Andy Fleming
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