From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for configuring the PHY connection interface Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:30:19 -0500 Message-ID: <4559E10B.2030905@pobox.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Netdev , Kumar Gala Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:16064 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965983AbWKNPaV (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:30:21 -0500 To: Andy Fleming In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Andy Fleming wrote: > Most PHYs connect to an ethernet controller over a GMII or MII > interface. However, a growing number are connected over > different interfaces, such as RGMII or SGMII. > > The ethernet driver will tell the PHY what type of connection it > is by setting it manually, or passing it in through phy_connect > (or phy_attach). > > Changes include: > * Updates to documentation > * Updates to other PHY Lib consumers > * Changes to PHY Lib to add interface support > * Some minor changes to whitespace in phy.h > * interface values now passed to gianfar > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Fleming ACK technical content, but Applying 'Add support for configuring the PHY connection interface' error: patch failed: arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c:211 error: arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c: patch does not apply