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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] net/fec: add device tree support
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 08:27:22PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Saturday 18 June 2011 17:19:13 Shawn Guo wrote:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..705111d
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> > +* Freescale Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +- compatible : should be "fsl,<soc>-fec", "fsl,fec"
> > +- reg : address and length of the register set for the device
> > +- interrupts : should contain fec interrupt
> > +
> > +Example:
> > +
> > +fec@83fec000 {
> > + compatible = "fsl,imx51-fec", "fsl,fec";
> > + reg = <0x83fec000 0x4000>;
> > + interrupts = <87>;
> > +};
>
> How about also adding device_type="network" as required here, so you
> inherit the attributes like "local-mac-address".
>
> I would also suggest adding a call to of_get_mac_address() so you
> can read the address out of the device tree when it is not configured
> in hardware. Today, the driver relies on a module parameter or
> platform_data on hardware with a mac address set.
>
> The other information that is currently encoded in platform_data
> is the phy mode. How about adding a property that enables RMII mode
> when present?
>
Ah, yes. I missed that. Will add support for local-mac-address and
phy-mode. Thanks, Arnd.

--
Regards,
Shawn



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