[PATCH 2/2] net: mv643xx_eth: proper initialization for Kirkwood SoCs

Jason Gunthorpe jgunthorpe at obsidianresearch.com
Thu May 23 13:11:12 EDT 2013


On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:01:11PM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > > +	/* Kirkwood resets some registers on gated clocks. Especially
> > > +	 * CLK125_BYPASS_EN must be cleared but is not available on
> > > +	 * all other SoCs/System Controllers using this driver.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (of_machine_is_compatible("marvell,kirkwood"))
> > > +		wrlp(mp, PORT_SERIAL_CONTROL1,
> > > +		     rdlp(mp, PORT_SERIAL_CONTROL1) & ~CLK125_BYPASS_EN);
> > 
> > of_machine_is_compatible seems heavy handed, I would expect this to be
> > based on the compatible string of the ethernet node itself, not the
> > machine??
> 
> Is there a model number variation between IP that needs this and IP that
> doesn't?  If not, I'm fine with of_machine_is_compatible().

Well the name 'mv643xx' is a family of system controller SOC's
from ages ago, it seems reasonble to continue the trend and label the
IP variations with the SOC name:

 compatible = "marvell,kirwood,ethernet", "marvell,mv643xx_eth"

Jason



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