[PATCHv4 2/5] net: phy: extend fixed driver with fixed_phy_register()
Sergei Shtylyov
sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com
Thu Sep 3 12:35:12 PDT 2015
Hello.
On 09/03/2015 10:23 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>> The existing fixed_phy_add() function has several drawbacks that
>>> prevents it from being used as is for OF-based declaration of fixed
>>> PHYs:
>>>
>>> * The address of the PHY on the fake bus needs to be passed, while a
>>> dynamic allocation is desired.
>>>
>>> * Since the phy_device instantiation is post-poned until the next
>>> mdiobus scan, there is no way to associate the fixed PHY with its
>>> OF node, which later prevents of_phy_connect() from finding this
>>> fixed PHY from a given OF node.
>>>
>>> To solve this, this commit introduces fixed_phy_register(), which will
>>> allocate an available PHY address, add the PHY using fixed_phy_add()
>>> and instantiate the phy_device structure associated with the provided
>>> OF node.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
>>> Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli at gmail.com>
>>> Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely at linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/net/phy/fixed.c | 61
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> include/linux/phy_fixed.h | 11 +++++++++
>>> 2 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c b/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
>>> index e41546d..d60d875 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
>> [...]
>>> @@ -203,6 +204,66 @@ err_regs:
>> [...]
>>> +int fixed_phy_register(unsigned int irq,
>>> + struct fixed_phy_status *status,
>>> + struct device_node *np)
>>> +{
>>> + struct fixed_mdio_bus *fmb = &platform_fmb;
>>> + struct phy_device *phy;
>>> + int phy_addr;
>>> + int ret;
>>> +
>>> + /* Get the next available PHY address, up to PHY_MAX_ADDR */
>>> + spin_lock(&phy_fixed_addr_lock);
>>> + if (phy_fixed_addr == PHY_MAX_ADDR) {
>>> + spin_unlock(&phy_fixed_addr_lock);
>>> + return -ENOSPC;
>>> + }
>>> + phy_addr = phy_fixed_addr++;
>>> + spin_unlock(&phy_fixed_addr_lock);
>>> +
>>> + ret = fixed_phy_add(PHY_POLL, phy_addr, status);
>>
>> Was rummaging in the fixed_phy driver and a bug sprang right at me:
>> 'phy' should have been passed here, not PHY_POLL. Luckily, all callers
>> pass PHY_POLL anyway...
> Are we looking at the same header file for the prototype of fixed_phy_add()?
Probably not. I was looking at Linus' tree, yours is probably net-next. :-)
> extern int fixed_phy_add(unsigned int irq, int phy_id,
> struct fixed_phy_status *status,
> int link_gpio);
> First argument is correct here..
No, fixed_phy_register() gets 'irq' passed to it and it should in its turn
call fixed_phy_add() with this argument, not PHY_POLL; otherwise the 'irq'
parameter gets completely ignored...
> at any rate, if something needs fixing, just go ahead and submit a patch.
OK.
> --
> Florian
MBR, Sergei
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