Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add support to broadcom 5222 PHY

[Stany MARCEL]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Philippe De Muyter <phdm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 05:21:23PM +0200, Stany MARCEL wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Stany MARCEL
>> > <stany.marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Signed-off-by: Stany MARCEL <stany.marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> ---
>> >>
>> >>  This driver is an adaption of the one given by freescale for kernel 2.6.25.
>> >>
>> >>  Tested with kernel 3.4.8 with arch/m68k backported from linux-m68k head
>> >>  2 FEC configured with shared phy
>> >>
>> >>  drivers/net/phy/Kconfig        |    7 +-
>> >>  drivers/net/phy/Makefile       |    1 +
>> >>  drivers/net/phy/broadcom522x.c |  171 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >
>> > This patch and "[PATCH 3/3] Add support to M54xx DMA FEC Driver" need to go
>> > through the netdev tree, or collect acks there.
>> >
>> > Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>> >
>> >                         Geert
>> >
>>
>> Hello Geert,
>>
>> Please, what is the good process to follow as patch 3 depends on patch 1 ?
>
> Actually, IMHO patch 3 does not depend on patch 1, and I even think that
> patch 1 is not needed, except to get a message with "BCM5222" instead
> of "Generic PHY" in the kernel log.
>
> AFAIK the phy interface is standardized.
>
> Philippe

I meant patch 3 depends on patch 2 (multi channel dma api)
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