[PATCH v2] ARM: shmobile: BOCK-W: add Ether support

Sergei Shtylyov sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com
Sat May 25 19:40:17 EDT 2013


Hello.

On 05/26/2013 03:22 AM, Simon Horman wrote:

>>>> Register Ether device from bockw_init(), passing the platform data to it, adding
>>>> only the RMII pin group to bockw_pinctrl_map[].  Although the LINK signal exists
>>>> on the board, it's connected to the link/activity LED  output of the PHY, thus
>>>> the link disappears and reappears after each packet. We'd be better off ignoring
>>>> such signal and getting the link state from the PHY indirectly.
>>>> Also, Ether has pin conflict with VIN1, so the latter is not registered when the
>>>> 'sh_eth' driver is enabled now.
>>>> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> The patch is atop of Simon's 'renesas.git' repo, 'renesas-next-20130515v2' tag
>>>> and my recent yet unapplied patches.
>>>> Note that it's compile and run time dependent on the current Linus' tree.
>>>> Changes from the original posting:
>>>> - refreshed the patch.
>>> Thanks, would it be possible for you to rebase it on top of
>>> renesas-next-20130523.
>>     You mean to base it on this tag without any intervening patches
>> (it is now on top of my patch series)? Anyway, I'll rebase my whole
>> series on this tag as I have time (I'm now working with the SATA
>> driver to try to add to it NCQ support and fixing errors I encounter
>> on the way).
> In general I would prefer for you to post patches that are based on my tree
> without any intervening patches as it makes it significantly easier for me
> to apply them.

    It's just that I've accumulated a significant queue of patches pending
merge to you tree. I'll reshuffle the series, if you consider this patch
more urgent than USB/VIN stuff.

WBR, Sergei




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