[PATCH] ARM: shmobile: koelsch: Conditionally select MICREL_PHY

Sergei Shtylyov sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com
Mon Dec 16 18:31:35 EST 2013


On 12/16/2013 04:25 PM, I wrote:

>> The koelsch board uses has an SH ethernet controller which uses a Micrel
>> phy. Select MICREL_PHY for koelsch if SH_ETH is enabled to make use of the
>> Micrel-specific phy driver rather than relying on the generic phy driver.

>     Frankly speaking, I'm seeing no advantages to doing that.

    Although wait, Geert has reported the absence of Rx FIFO overflow messages 
with this PHY driver, IIRC.

>> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas at verge.net.au>

>     Analogous changes are needed for BOCK-W and Lager boards since they all
> use the same KSZ8041RNLI PHY chip. I was going to submit such changes with the
> PHY IRQ patches but since no IRQ is generated still, this got delayed...

    Only I was going to do it via defconfigs...

WBR, Sergei




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