Re: [PATCH] MDIO: FSL_PQ_MDIO: Fix bug on incorrect offset of tbiparegister

From: Timur Tabi
Date: Wed Jun 12 2013 - 09:04:23 EST


Oded Gabbay wrote:
Note: This patch may break MDIO functionallity of some old Freescale's SoC
until Freescale will fix their device tree files. Basically, every device tree
which contains an mdio device that is compatible to "fsl,gianfar-tbi" should be
examined.

I haven't had a chance to review the patch in detail, but I can tell you that breaking compatibility with older device trees is unacceptable. You need to add some code, even if it's an ugly hack, to support those trees.

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Timur Tabi
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