On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 10:16:49AM -0600, Scott Wood wrote:
> David Gibson wrote:
> > In this case the driver and binding have been developed together and
> > for the time being it does require PHY nodes, obviously. I'm saying
> > that maybe that requirement ought to be changed.
>
> I don't see why.
>
> > Well, phandle is only used to find the phy node itself, so it doesn't
> > count. The only piece of information there is the reg - the PHY id.
> > Following a phandle to another node is a fairly complex way of finding
> > a single integer.
> >
> > Eh, I guess it's ok, but just directly giving the PHY id or a probe
> > mask in the MAC node would also be fine (we do this for 4xx EMAC).
>
> It's not just a simple integer -- it also tells you which mdio bus
> it's on.
Ah, good point. Ok, I withdraw my complaints.
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