Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: Update get_phy_c45_ids for Cortina PHYs
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2017-05-23 16:55:58
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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2017-05-23 16:55:58
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The patches mentioned in the commit message add _some_ support for the Cortina PHYs - mainly checking for devices at additional locations. Once they are found, the phy IDs must be read from custom locations.
As a general principle, we don't add hacks in generic code to handle
broken devices. We add generic mechanisms to work around the
brokenness.
In this case, by using ethernet-phy-id in the device tree, we are
saying, this PHYs probing is totally borked, but we know it is there,
at this address. Just load the driver.
Please try to make ethernet-phy-id work.
Andrew