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

[Jason Cooper]

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 08:55:01PM +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> 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.

Ahh, no, that was me.  I was contemplating adding the dt entries in this
merge window at one point and must've got my wires crossed.  Sorry for
the confusion.

thx,

Jason.
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