From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@sirena.org.uk>
Cc: Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] natsemi: Add support for using MII port with no PHY
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:18:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45DB1F70.608@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070219201858.688614000@sirena.org.uk>
Mark Brown wrote:
> This patch provides code paths which allow the natsemi driver to use the
> external MII port on the chip but ignore any PHYs that may be attached to it.
> The link state will be left as it was when the driver started and can be
> configured via ethtool. Any PHYs that are present can be accessed via the MII
> ioctl()s.
>
> This is useful for systems where the device is connected without a PHY
> or where either information or actions outside the scope of the driver
> are required in order to use the PHYs.
>
> Signed-Off-By: Mark Brown <broonie@sirena.org.uk>
>
> ---
>
> This revision of the patch fixes some issues brought up during review.
>
> Previous versions of this patch exposed the new functionality as a module
> option. This has been removed. Any hardware that needs this should be
> identifiable by a quirk since it unlikely to behave correctly with an
> unmodified driver.
applied 1-2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-20 16:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-19 20:15 [patch 0/2] natsemi: Support Aculab E1/T1 cPCI carrier cards Mark Brown
2007-02-19 20:15 ` [patch 1/2] natsemi: Add support for using MII port with no PHY Mark Brown
2007-02-20 16:18 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-02-19 20:15 ` [patch 2/2] natsemi: Support Aculab E1/T1 PMXc cPCI carrier cards Mark Brown
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-02-14 13:50 [patch 1/2] natsemi: Add support for using MII port with no PHY Mark Brown
2007-02-14 10:02 [patch 0/2] natsemi: Support Aculab E1/T1 cPCI carrier cards Mark Brown
2007-02-14 10:02 ` [patch 1/2] natsemi: Add support for using MII port with no PHY Mark Brown
2007-02-14 13:28 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2007-02-17 20:21 ` Jeff Garzik
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