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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com>
Cc: peppe.cavallaro@st.com, alexandre.torgue@st.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: Handle possible fixed-link with need_mdio_ids
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 18:28:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170825162827.GA4207@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170825144208.24503-1-clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com>

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 04:42:08PM +0200, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> In case of fixed link, there are no mdio node.
> This patch add a test for fixed-link for bypassing MDIO node register.

The two are not mutually exclusive. E.g.
vf610-zii-dev.dtsi/vf610-zii-dev-rev-b.dts.  It has a fixed-link on
the FEC ethernet controller, and an Ethernet switch on the MDIO bus.

If anybody ever wants to use a switch with the stmmac, this will be
required.

	Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2017-08-25 16:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-25 14:42 [PATCH] net: stmmac: Handle possible fixed-link with need_mdio_ids Corentin Labbe
2017-08-25 16:28 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2017-08-25 16:45   ` Florian Fainelli
2017-08-26  7:27     ` Corentin Labbe

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