From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vitaly Bordug Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not duplicate PHY layer functionality Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 01:16:40 +0300 Message-ID: <20071202011640.3f64ed4d@kernel.crashing.org> References: <20071126142906.19642.45540.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <4751D958.6060500@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Return-path: Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:40175 "EHLO gate.crashing.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751460AbXLAWQ4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Dec 2007 17:16:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4751D958.6060500@garzik.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:59:52 -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 > > what's the context of this patchset? 2.6.25? > Fine with it. > it's late for 2.6.24-rc, IMO. > > Do I have the latest version (sent Nov 26 @ 9:29am)? yes, that's it. -- Sincerely, Vitaly