On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 14:09 +0100, Jens Osterkamp wrote: > This patch modifies the patch submitted by Kou Ishizaki to make it work on the > blade (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=116593424505539&w=2). > Unfortunately I dont have access to a Celleb so I cannot test it there. > > The basic logic behind this is simple : when the interface first comes up > it tries to detect the phy. When the phy is detected, it is initially set up > to use copper. A timer is set to check the link status in spidernet_link_phy > using poll_link. If link check fails more than SPIDER_NET_ANEG_TIMEOUT > times, it switches to fiber link with autonegotiation. If that fails more > than SPIDER_NET_ANEG_TIMEOUT times, it switches to fiber link with no > autonegotiation. If that also fails, it goes back to copper, and so forth. > If the link comes up, it prints the link abilites and we are done. > > The name of the phy found attached to the spider chip is reported to the > user. Hardcoded values for the timeout are moved to #defines. I put in a > few comments to make the code more readable.
Can't we have a device-tree property indicating wether to use fiber or copper ? Ben. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
