Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Dec 2007 01:16:40 +0300 | From | Vitaly Bordug <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not duplicate PHY layer functionality |
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On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:59:52 -0500 Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Vitaly Bordug wrote: > > With that patch fixed.c now fully emulates MDIO bus, thus no need > > to duplicate PHY layer functionality. That, in turn, drastically > > simplifies the code, and drops down line count. > > > > As an additional bonus, now there is no need to register MDIO bus > > for each PHY, all emulated PHYs placed on the platform fixed MDIO > > bus. There is also no more need to pre-allocate PHYs via .config > > option, this is all now handled dynamically. > > > > p.s. Don't even try to understand patch content! Better: apply patch > > and look into resulting drivers/net/phy/fixed.c. > > > > Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> > > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <vitb@kernel.crashing.org> > > what's the context of this patchset? 2.6.25? > Fine with it.
> it's late for 2.6.24-rc, IMO. > > Do I have the latest version (sent Nov 26 @ 9:29am)? yes, that's it.
-- Sincerely, Vitaly
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