From: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:00:24 -0800
> In preparation for having DSA migrate to PHYLINK, I had to come up with a > number of preparatory patches: > > - we need to be able to pass phy_flags from an external component calling > phylink_of_phy_connect() > - DSA tries to connect through OF first, then fallsback using its own internal > MDIO bus, in that case we would both show an error, but also not know what > the correct phy_interface_t would be, instead use the PHY device/driver > provided > one > - Finally bcm_sf2 makes use of all possible PHYs out there: internal, > external, > fixed, and MoCA, the latter requires a bit of help to signal link > notifications > through a MMIO interrupt, as well a report a correct PORT type > > Changes in v2: > > - rebased against latest net-next/master > - added kernel doc documentation > - dropped error message in phylink_of_phy_connect() as suggested by Russell Series applied, thanks Florian.
