2017-03-23 15:11 GMT+01:00 Hannes Schmelzer <oe5...@oevsv.at>: > From: Hannes Schmelzer <hannes.schmel...@br-automation.com> > > This patch adds support for having a "fixed-link" to some other MAC > (like some embedded switch-device). > > For this purpose we introduce a new phy-driver, called "Fixed PHY". > > Fixed PHY works only with CONFIG_DM_ETH enabled, since the fixed-link is > described with a subnode below ethernet interface. > > Most ethernet drivers (unfortunately not all are following same scheme > for searching/attaching phys) are calling "phy_connect(...)" for getting > a phy-device. > At this point we link in, we search here for a subnode called "fixed- > link", once found we start phy_device_create(...) with the special phy- > id PHY_FIXED_ID (0xa5a55a5a). > > During init the "Fixed PHY" driver has registered with this id and now > gets probed, during probe we get all the details about fixed-link out of > dts, later on the phy reports this values. > > Signed-off-by: Hannes Schmelzer <hannes.schmel...@br-automation.com> > > Signed-off-by: Hannes Schmelzer <oe5...@oevsv.at>
Reviewed-by: Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmei...@gmail.com> greets -- Christian Gmeiner, MSc https://www.youtube.com/user/AloryOFFICIAL https://soundcloud.com/christian-gmeiner _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
