Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] phy dp83867: Make rgmii parameters optional

From: Dan Murphy <redacted>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 13:34:34 -0500

David

On 05/17/2016 01:22 PM, David Miller wrote:

quoted

From: Alexander Graf <redacted>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 20:52:43 +0200

quoted

If you compile without OF_MDIO support in an RGMII configuration, we fail
to configure the dp83867 phy today by writing garbage into its configuration
registers.

On the other hand if you do compile with OF_MDIO and the phy gets loaded via
device tree, you have to have the properties set in the device tree, otherwise
we fail to load the driver and don't even attach the generic phy driver to
the interface anymore.

To make things slightly more consistent, make the rgmii configuration properties
optional and allow a user to omit them in their device tree.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <redacted>

Applied.

This patch should not have been applied.

I did not believe the implementation was proper for that driver.

It seems my objection to the code was not seen.  Nor was Andrew's point about the DT bindings document

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9105371/

The discussions around the recent phy patches have been a labrynth that I've
found hard to follow, sorry.

I'll revert these two, sigh....