From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from 9.mo3.mail-out.ovh.net ([87.98.184.141] helo=mo3.mail-out.ovh.net) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1TAOpV-0007Ze-8J for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:28:25 +0000 Received: from mail91.ha.ovh.net (b7.ovh.net [213.186.33.57]) by mo3.mail-out.ovh.net (Postfix) with SMTP id B64D2FF85A1 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2012 19:36:06 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 19:28:44 +0200 From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Message-ID: <20120908172844.GF20330@game.jcrosoft.org> References: <1347013566-26130-1-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> <20120908150243.GF18243@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120908150243.GF18243@pengutronix.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: introduce phylib To: Sascha Hauer Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org On 17:02 Sat 08 Sep , Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 12:26:06PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > Adapt phylib from linux > > > > switch all the driver to it > > > > This will allow to have phy drivers and to only connect the phy at then > > opening of the device. And if the phy is not ready fail on open. > > > > This is needed by the boot sequence support to do not endup in a loop or spend > > time on bootp when no ethernet cable is connected. > > We do not 'need' this for the above reasons, we could also fix the > current code. The above may be an advantage of your code, but the major > selling point is code sharing with Linux (at least that's what you told > me) yes the major point is to touch the phy only when the ethernet is opening yes the commit is true but it's not the major selling point Best Regards, J. _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox