Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:05:44 +0000 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: [DRIVER MODEL] Allow overlapping resources for platform devices |
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On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 12:40:25PM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote: > Well the MDIO device actually is conceptually separate from the ethernet > controller that shares register space with it. For example, we may have a > processor with 4 ethernet controllers on it. We use the register set in > controller 1 to get to the MDIO "device" for all four controllers. > > Hopefully, Andy can provide further details about order issues and how the > current PHY layer interacts with the ethernet controller. > > However, the issue still exists that the MDIO devices registers live > inside another devices register space.
Thanks for clearing that up - I see why you need this now.
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