Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] ARM: STi fixes and ethernet support

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 09 July 2013, Srinivas KANDAGATLA wrote:
> stmmac (aka "dwmac" a synopsis IP) driver is integrated in to kernel
> sometime in 2.6 series I think :-), and Is used by more than 4 platforms
> in 3.10 kernel. The driver is more generic than it sounds.
> So adding properties/hooks specific to STiH41x SOCs in driver seemed to
> incorrect. Instead doing platform specific bits in the mach via
> callbacks was the only choice I had.

No, you should be using generic interfaces to do the things you need.

I believe what you are missing is an ethernet phy driver that is specific
to your SoC.

	Arnd
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