Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 01 May 2016 19:35:11 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] of: of_mdio: Check if MDIO bus controller is available | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:55:10 -0700
> Add a check whether the 'struct device_node' pointer passed to > of_mdiobus_register() is an available (aka enabled) node in the Device > Tree. > > Rationale for doing this are cases where an Ethernet MAC provides a MDIO > bus controller and node, and an additional Ethernet MAC might be > connecting its PHY/switches to that first MDIO bus controller, while > still embedding one internally which is therefore marked as "disabled". > > Instead of sprinkling checks like these in callers of > of_mdiobus_register(), do this in a central location. > > Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Applied, thanks Florian.
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