[U-Boot] [PATCH V3 0/9] separate miiphy from ethernet

[Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>]

On 23/01/2013 00:48, Troy Kisky wrote:
> On 11/10/2012 12:28 AM, Stefano Babic wrote:
>> On 23/10/2012 04:40, Troy Kisky wrote:
>>> This series tries to separate the mii regsisters
>>> from the ethernet registers as suggested by
>>> Andy Fleming. Then, mx6qsabrelite is changed
>>> to find the phy address from the possibles 4-7.
>>>
>>> The V3 series is very different from V2.
>>>
>>> Troy Kisky (9):
>>>    doc/README.fec_mxc: add documentation
>>>    net: fec_mxc: delete CONFIG_FEC_MXC_MULTI
>>>    net: fec_mxc: change fec_mii_setspeed parameter
>>>    net: fec_mxc: have fecmxc_initialize call fecmxc_initialize_multi
>>>    phy: add phy_find_by_mask/phy_connect_dev
>>>    net: fec_mxc: use fec_set_dev_name to set name
>>>    net: fec_mxc: only call phy_connect in fec_probe
>>>    net: fec_mxc: get phydev before fec_probe
>>>    mx6qsabrelite: search mii phy address 4-7
>>>
>> Hi Joe,
>>
>>>   board/freescale/mx6qsabrelite/mx6qsabrelite.c |   24 +++-
>>>   doc/README.fec_mxc                            |   27 ++++
>>>   drivers/net/fec_mxc.c                         |  164
>>> ++++++++++++++-----------
>>>   drivers/net/fec_mxc.h                         |    2 +-
>>>   drivers/net/phy/phy.c                         |  128
>>> +++++++++++--------
>>>   include/configs/m28evk.h                      |    1 -
>>>   include/configs/mx28evk.h                     |    1 -
>>>   include/configs/sc_sps_1.h                    |    1 -
>>>   include/netdev.h                              |    7 ++
>>>   include/phy.h                                 |    3 +
>>>   10 files changed, 227 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)
>>>   create mode 100644 doc/README.fec_mxc
>> Patches are assigned to me in patchworks. Do you have any issue with
>> this patchset ? If it is ok for you, I will apply it to u-boot-imx.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Stefano
>>
>>
> 
> Who should I pester to see some progress on this ?


Hi Troy,

you're right, this patchset stalls - but on the other side, I have not
found any comment that should avoid that it can be merged.

If nobody complains, I propose I go on and I try to merge it into
u-boot-imx. Here my first attempt:

as far as I can see, the patchset breaks mx6qsabreauto and mx35 boards.
Generally speking, it breaks boards like flea3 that define CONFIG_PHYLIB
in their config file.

undefined reference to `phy_connect_dev'
drivers/net/libnet.o: In function `fecmxc_initialize_multi':

I think the patchset assumes that boards have its own board_eth_init(),
making the required phy initialization, but most boards call only
cpu_eth_init().

I have also a general question : it seems to me that the interface for
PHY is set always to RMII - what about boards using MII ?

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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