Re: [PATCH 2/2 v4] MPC52xx FEC: be more conservative when setting MII_SPEED register

[Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Wolfgang Denk<wd@denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Grant Likely,
>
> In message <fa686aa40907170745h6c5fae6bia0cff0926c93393c@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>>
>> >  drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx.c     |   25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
>> >  drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx_phy.c |   23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
>>
>> Blech.  now this block of duplicated code I don't like.  This is all
>> one device, so surely the mdio speed can be calculated once and used
>> for both drivers.... let me think about this for a bit.  'course this
>> problem is all rolled up in the nastiness of having two drivers
>> working on the same device.  I suspect is was a mistake to split up
>> all the powerpc ethernet drivers into separate of_platform drivers.
>
> If you like, I can re-introduce the mpc5xxx_get_mii_speed() I unrolled
> upon your request (with or without re-using it for the MPC512x case).

No, there's a deeper issues here.  I'm bothered that the mac driver is
impacting the mdio driver.  I'd like to find a way for this whole
thing to be handled cleaner, and not have two different drivers
calculate it.

g.

>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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