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

[Troy Kisky <troy.kisky@boundarydevices.com>]

On 1/23/2013 1:48 AM, Stefano Babic wrote:
> 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().
Strange, my ./MAKEALL -a arm finished fine

--------------------- SUMMARY ----------------------------
Boards compiled: 297
Boards with warnings but no errors: 3 ( VCMA9 smdk2410 cam_enc_4xx )
----------------------------------------------------------

Did you apply
"[PATCH V3 5/9] phy: add phy_find_by_mask/phy_connect_dev"





> 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 ?

I could have swore that I saw a patch to fix this? But it does look 
wrong currently.
But perhaps I'm thinking of 9d2d924a  net: fec_mxc: Fix setting of RCR 
for xMII
which doesn't change the gasket setting for mx53

>
> Best regards,
> Stefano Babic
>