[PATCH 1/4] powerpc: document max-speed and interface-type properties

Olof Johansson olof at lixom.net
Wed Apr 11 11:49:58 EST 2007


On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 06:19:49PM -0500, Kim Phillips wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:48:09 -0500
> olof at lixom.net (Olof Johansson) wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Do you really need to set max speed for devices that are at the default
> > max speed for the interface type? Seems redundant.
> > 
> > If for example there's an rgmii interface that for some reason only can
> > handle 100Mbit, that'd be different.
> 
> rgmii at 100/10Mbit are supported interface/speed combinations for our MDS boards; see pdf p. 72 in:
> 
> http://www.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/user_guide/MPC8360EAMDSUM.pdf

Right, my bad. Sorry for the confusion -- That comment was meant for the
next patch in the series where you specify the speed even for interfaces
that support the full max.


-Olof



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