[net-next: PATCH 0/8] Armada 7k/8k PP2 ACPI support

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Wed Jan 3 04:47:20 PST 2018


> I already agreed with 'reg' being awkward in the later emails.
> Wouldn't _ADR be more appropriate to specify PHY address on MDIO bus?

Also, how do you specify which MDIO bus the PHY is on. To fully
specify a PHY, you need both bits of information.

In DT, the phy-handle phandle can point to any PHY anywhere in the
system. This is particularly important when a Ethernet device has two
MDIO busses.

     Andrew



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