[PATCH v6 0/3] netdev/of/phy: MDIO bus multiplexer support.
Timur Tabi
b04825 at freescale.com
Sat May 19 08:09:10 EST 2012
David Daney wrote:
>> > I'm not sure what the "parent" MDIO bus node is supposed to represent.
>> > Is that that device that actually controls the muxing hardware
> No. It is the device that implements the master 802.3 clause {22,45}
> MDIO Station Management (STA) protocol.
Ah, I think I get it. It is *the* MDIO node that would normally exist if
muxing we're necessary on the board. From the looks of it, that node
would look exactly the same if you didn't need muxing?
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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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