On Thursday 04 September 2008, Ben Warren wrote: > I like the idea very much, but am not sure about the implementation. > This problem has been around for a while (just search the archives for > people wondering how to deal with a switch chip connected via rvMII or > whatever). The trickiest part of this is how to get the information to > the driver. I've always thought that the best way would be for board > code to initialize each controller through proper C code (i.e. not > CONFIG macros). But there's definitely something to be said for doing > it all through macros, since that's how Kconfig works. Please have a > look at the code that Andy Fleming recently submitted for the TSEC > driver (it's in the main branch now). He passes a tsec_info_struct into > each call of tsec_initialize(), allowing all type of custom information > to go in. In my mind, that could be generalized to something that more > than just TSEC, but let's take baby steps.
Yes, this looks like a good approach. Not sure if we should go all the way or accept Victors approach for now. Moving to this parameter based initialization is a different matter that should really be done soon. > Incidentally, the term "Fixed PHY" has already been coined for what > you're calling "PHY-less". I suggest we standardize. Yes. Is there already a define available? > Anyway, I have to go to bed. Eyes are starting to close and brain's > sloowwwiing doowwn. Heh :) Best regards, Stefan ===================================================================== DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-0 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===================================================================== _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot