Re: [PATCH v4 06/12] ARM: dove: add gigabit ethernet and mvmdio devicetree nodes

[Sebastian Hesselbarth]

On 05/22/2013 08:49 PM, Jason Cooper wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 08:44:20PM +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> > On 05/22/2013 07:48 PM, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 07:42:36PM +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> > > > Hmm, maybe a little bit too early. While restoring the MAC address now
> > > > works, another bug arises which I guess is related with phy setup
> > > > and aneg.
> > > >
> > > > Will investigate and update patch set accordingly.
> > >
> > > Cool, chances are, we should be able to take that patch in by itself for
> > > this merge window...
> >
> > Which patch do you mean? The local-mac-address workaround will only be
> > available for DT mv643xx_eth because it uses the DT node to store the
> > MAC.
>
> I thought you were replacing the unconditional ethernet clock grabbing
> with reading the mac from the registers and updating the dtb?  In
> mach-kirkwood/board-dt.c?

True. But there is no node for ethernet controllers in kirkwood.dtsi
yet. It will be there with mv643xx_eth DT patches applied and that is
when the corresponding replacement patch should also be taken in.

I was just confused about your referral to the merge window, because I
guess it is up to David Miller to decide when/whether to take
mv643xx_eth patches in.

Sebastian

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