[PATCH] Linux >=2.6.24 support for FEC on MPC5200 (not B!)

Grant Likely grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Fri Mar 14 08:50:44 EST 2008


On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:57 PM, René Bürgel <r.buergel at unicontrol.de> wrote:
> Here is a patch for the lite5200 to get the FEC working again for kernel
>   >=2.6.24. It was created against Linux 2.6.24.
>
>  The FEC driver is also compatible with the MPC5200, not only with the
>  MPC5200B, so an according entry was added to the drivers matching list.
>  Furthermore the settings for the PHY were entered in the dts file for
>  the Lite5200. Note, that this is not exactly the same as in the
>  Lite5200B, because the PHY is located at f0003000:01 for the 5200, and
>  at :00 for the 5200B. I could test the patch on a Lite5200 and a
>  Lite5200B, both booted a kernel via tftp and mounted the root via nfs
>  successfully.
>  I hope, you can include the patch into the official tree.

Looks good.  I'll pick this one up.

g.


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