[PATCH 0/6] Add network support for Armada 370/XP

[Ezequiel Garcia]

On 31 Jul 07:49 AM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> Hi Ezequiel,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 05:44:55PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > This patchset adds support for the network controller found on Marvell
> > Armada 370/XP SoC.
> > 
> > The first patch is needed to parse the PHY property used in the current
> > devicetree, which uses 'phy' instead of 'phy-handle'. While here, the patch
> > adds support for the two obsolete DT PHY properties: 'phy' and 'phy-device'.
> > 
> > The second patch is actually an improvement. It makes the clock a required
> > property of the mvmdio driver, which makes the probing of the device more
> > robust, and prevents the annoying freezing when the clock is not provided.
> > 
> > The third patch supports the QSGMII interface.
> > 
> > The fourth patch adds support for the Marvell 88E1545 PHY chip. There's not
> > much work to do, except configuring the QSGMII interface. This chip is present
> > in Marvell's Armada XP GP board.
> > 
> > The fifth patch adds the mvneta driver. Most of the configuration part is
> > based on Linux's mvneta driver, while some of code organization is based
> > on Barebox's orion-gbe driver.
> > 
> > The last patch adds network support in the defconfigs.
> > 
> > This has been tested on the Armada XP GP board only. I'll try to test
> > Openblocks AX3 and Mirabox in the following days. However, we might need
> > some special PHY support for each them, as the Openblocks AX3 has a
> > 88E1543 PHY, and the Mirabox has a 88E1510 PHY.
> > 
> > Ezequiel Garcia (6):
> >   net: phy: Add fallbacks for the obsoletes phy DT properties
> >   net: phy: mdio-mvebu: Make the clock property required
> >   net: phy: Add minimal support for QSGMII PHY
> >   net: phy: Support Marvell 88EE1545 PHY
> >   net: Add driver for Armada 370/XP 10/100/1000 Mbps network controller
> >   configs: Add network options to Armada 370/XP boards
> 
> I applied up to 3/6 for now. The network driver needs a small fix.
> Please let me know once you're happy enough with the phy support to
> apply it.
> 

OK, thanks.

I'll be pushing a new patchset on top of that with the PHY and the network
driver.
-- 
Ezequiel García, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering
http://free-electrons.com