[U-Boot-Users] PHY library?

[Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>]

On Wednesday 21 November 2007, Ben Warren wrote:
> > I have a new PHY that needs to be handled in U-boot. Now this PHY is used
> > in two differenet ports - TSEC & UCC (it's an MPC8568 board). The problem
> > is that now I need to duplicate the handling of this PHY in both the TSEC
> > and UCC drivers. Wouldn't it be better if U-boot had an indepedent PHY
> > library (as in Linux) used by the different Ethernet drivers?
> > Regards,
> > David.
>
> Absolutely. In fact, I'm working on one right now...

That's great news. Thanks.

> Access methods to 
> PHYs are currently common (miiphybb.c and miiphyutil.c) but there's no
> reason why the TSEC, UCC and other drivers should have hard wiring for
> individual PHY devices. Any design suggestions you or others have are
> welcome.

Not really. Just "Go Ben, go go go ...!" ;)

Best regards,
Stefan

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