Hi Bernhard, On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Bernhard Nortmann <bernhard.nortm...@web.de> wrote: > The previous eth_device struct returned by eth_get_dev() allowed > code to directly query the state member field. However, with > CONFIG_DM_ETH this data gets encapsulated (i.e. private), and > eth_get_dev() returns a udevice struct 'abstraction' instead. > > This breaks legacy code relying on the former behaviour - e.g. > netconsole. > (see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2015-June/216528.html) > > The patch introduces a method to retrieve the ethernet device > state in a 'clean' and uniform way, supporting both legacy code > and driver model. The new function eth_is_active() accepts a > device struct pointer and tests it for ETH_STATE_ACTIVE. > > Signed-off-by: Bernhard Nortmann <bernhard.nortm...@web.de> > Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershber...@ni.com> _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
