On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 14:39 +0300, Anton Vorontsov wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 04:04:08PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 17:29 +0300, Vitaly Bordug wrote: > > > fixed-link says: register new "Fixed/emulated PHY", i.e. PHY that > > > not connected to the real MDIO bus. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > --- > > > > > > Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 3 + > > > arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c | 56 > > > ++++++++++++++++++-------- > > > 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt > > > b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt > > > index e9a3cb1..cf25070 100644 > > > --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt > > > +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt > > > @@ -1254,6 +1254,9 @@ platforms are moved over to use the > > > flattened-device-tree model. > > > services interrupts for this device. > > > - phy-handle : The phandle for the PHY connected to this ethernet > > > controller. > > > + - fixed-link : <a b c> where a is emulated phy id - choose any, > > > + but unique to the all specified fixed-links, b is duplex - 0 half, > > > + 1 full, c is link speed - d#10/d#100/d#1000. > > > > Good work! > > May I suggest adding a "d" to <a b c> where d is flow control - 0 no, 1 yes > > Well, I see no reference of the "flow" neither in the include/linux/mii.h > nor in the drivers/net/phy/*. :-/ Thus today there is no such register > bit we can emulate?..
Well, as good as I can recall, flow control(pause) is something that the PHY negotiates, just like FDX/HDX and should be dealt with in the adjust_link callback but not many do currently. If you seach for pause in phy_device.c you will find it. > > > flow control or not just popped up here today so I got a use for it. > > ..and I looked into few drivers (gianfar, ucc), and they seem to use > hard-coded flow control values, thus they don't speak to the PHYs > about that. Yes, but they should. > > Can you give any reference to the driver that needs that parameter? > Does it use PHY subsystem to obtain flow-control on/off information? > > Thanks, > - 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
