Dear Yegor Yefremov, > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Marek Vasut <ma...@denx.de> wrote: > > Dear Yegor Yefremov, > > > >> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Henrik Nordström > >> > >> <hen...@henriknordstrom.net> wrote: > >> > tor 2012-11-29 klockan 07:27 +0100 skrev Marek Vasut: > >> >> Dear yegorsli...@googlemail.com, > >> >> > >> >> > From: Yegor Yefremov <yegorsli...@googlemail.com> > >> >> > > >> >> > The driver code was taken from Linux kernel source: > >> >> > drivers/net/phy/icplus.c > >> >> > > >> >> > Signed-off-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorsli...@googlemail.com> > >> >> > >> >> [...] > >> >> > >> >> Is there any user for this PHY please? > >> > > >> > I don't have one, but know at least one user having one in an A10 > >> > based "netbook". > >> > > >> > http://linux-sunxi.org/File:H6-netbook-mainboard.jpg > >> > >> I found these boards in kernel: > >> > >> arch/mips/configs/malta_defconfig:CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY=m > >> arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig:CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY=m > >> arch/mips/configs/ip27_defconfig:CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY=m > >> arch/mips/configs/sead3_defconfig:CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY=y > >> arch/powerpc/configs/mpc512x_defconfig:CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY=y > >> arch/powerpc/configs/52xx/motionpro_defconfig:CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY=y > >> arch/powerpc/configs/83xx/mpc832x_rdb_defconfig:CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY=y > >> arch/powerpc/configs/mpc83xx_defconfig:CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY=y > >> arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig:CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY=m > > > > Sure, but the question/point is ... won't this be dead code in u-boot? It > > won't once you add at least one board that actually uses it ... adding > > it only so it's there will only cause it to bitrot and it'll actually > > only add more burden to maintainers. > > It won't be dead code, because we will use it :-) Our board is > derivative of BeagleBone & Co, so the whole support stuff is already > in u-boot.
You need to enable it for that board though ;-) > I can also image that some system didn't require network > support in u-boot and didn't bother with implementing the phy driver. > x86 systems are likely to have this phy too. And the driver is really > small and uses mostly generic routines. > > Yegor Best regards, Marek Vasut _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot