[PATCH 1/1] net: introduce phylib

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

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.