From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Joakim Tjernlund" Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not duplicate PHY layerfunctionality Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:13:08 +0100 Message-ID: <003c01c84a3e$15d3a9c0$02ac10ac@Jocke> References: <20071206225121.31080.86606.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: , "'linuxppc-dev'" To: "'Vitaly Bordug'" , "'Paul Mackerras'" Return-path: Received: from mail.transmode.se ([83.241.175.147]:62119 "EHLO tmnt04.transmode.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753539AbXL2RNZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:13:25 -0500 In-reply-to: <20071206225121.31080.86606.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: > linuxppc-dev-bounces+joakim.tjernlund=transmode.se@ozlabs.org > [mailto:linuxppc-dev-bounces+joakim.tjernlund=transmode.se@ozl > abs.org] On Behalf Of Vitaly Bordug > Sent: den 6 december 2007 23:51 > To: Paul Mackerras > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linuxppc-dev > Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not > duplicate PHY layerfunctionality > > > 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. > > > Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug > Acked-by: Jeff Garzik What happened to this patch set? Is it sitting in a tree somewhere waiting for 2.4.25 or does it need more work? Jocke