Re: [PATCH 1/6] bus: Add shared MDIO bus framework

Andrew Lunn
2016-04-26T17:45:05Z

> I am not clear on how common a shared MDIO bus is on other SoCs, but the
> other Broadcom SoCs I am familiar with have dedicated MDIO buses
> instances per type of PHY (PCIe, BUSB, Ethernet), thus making the split
> a ton easier.

I don't actually see this shared bus being an issue, once the mux it
implemented. With the mux, you see N MDIO busses, each acting like a
normal MDIO bus. I've used the GPIO variety and had no issues:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=145910090401796&w=2

Andrew