Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Add phylib support code for mdio

[Al Stone]

On 12/03/2015 03:47 AM, Graeme Gregory wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 09:54:43AM +0800, yankejian wrote:
>> Add support for getting the PHY devices on an MDIO bus by ACPI.
>> Currently many of the ethernet drivers are open coding a solution
>> for reading data out of ACPI to find the correct PHY device.
>> This patch implements a set of common routines are similar to of_mdio.c
>>
> 
> The general conclusion for the ACPI on ARM64 discussion so far has been that
> things like PHYs should be setup by the firmware before the kernel takes
> control.
> 
> I am unsure that this doing it the same way as DT with a different
> description language is the way to go.
> 
> Graeme

I have to agree with Graeme: if this is supposed to be an arm64 server using
ACPI, please make sure the PHYs/clocks/regulators are set up properly before
passing control to the kernel.  That's the consensus so far on how this is to
be done.

This also looks to be using _DSD in ACPI, which is another topic that's still
under discussion.  What does the ASL look like for these PHYs, as used in this
patch?

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ciao,
al
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Al Stone
Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.
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