[PATCH 1/3] net: introduce phylib

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On 11:13 Sun 16 Sep     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 11:02:24AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > On 10:34 Sun 16 Sep     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 10:28:13AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > > On 10:11 Sun 16 Sep     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 09:57:04AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Adapt phylib from linux
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > switch all the driver to it
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This will allow to have
> > > > > >  - phy drivers
> > > > > >  - to only connect the phy at then opening of the device
> > > > > >  - if the phy is not ready fail on open
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Same behaviour as in linux and will allow to share code and simplify porting.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > 
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > 
> > > > >  +
> > > > > > +/* Automatically gets and returns the PHY device */
> > > > > > +int phy_device_connect(struct mii_device *bus, int addr,
> > > > > > +		void (*adjust_link) (struct mii_device *miidev))
> > > > > 
> > > > > The prototype of adjust_link seems wrong. A mii_device is a mii bus with
> > > > > potentially multiple phys. adjust_link should work on the phy_device. With
> > > > > the above, when a mii_device has multiple phys, a network driver has no
> > > > > way to figure out which phy has an updated link.
> > > > > 
> > > > > This probably bites Renaud who has a single mii bus for multiple network
> > > > > devices.
> > > > not really as the phydev have a bus field so will be the same
> > > 
> > > Renaud has two phys on the same mii bus, so when he is passed a struct
> > > mii_device, how can he get a pointer to his network device? He can't.
> > as I said just after we should attached the phy to eth_device not mii_device
> 
> Once again:
> 
> from fec_imx.c:
> 
> static void fec_update_linkspeed(struct mii_device *mdev)
> {
> 	struct eth_device *edev = mdev->edev;
> 	...
> }
> 
> How will you get a pointer to edev once a mii_device has multiple phys,
> potentially connected to different network devices?
> 
> > 
> > so he will have one phy per eth_device
> 
> Yes, but multiple eth_devices per mii_device.
no phydev at eth_device wait a few I send a patch

Best Regards,
J.