[PATCH] powerpc: Use generic PHY driver for Marvell 88E1111 PHY on GE Fanuc SBC610

Martyn Welch martyn.welch at gefanuc.com
Wed Nov 19 00:53:42 EST 2008


On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:39:21 -0600
Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> 
> On Nov 18, 2008, at 4:55 AM, Martyn Welch wrote:
> 
> > The Marvell PHY driver is currently being used for the 88E1111 on the
> > SBC610. This driver is causing the link to run in 10/Half mode, the  
> > generic
> > PHY driver is correctly configuring the PHY as 1000/Full.
> >
> > Edit default config to use generic PHY driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch at gefanuc.com>
> > ---
> >
> > Agh! My mistake - forgot to add "Signed-off", sorry.
> >
> > arch/powerpc/configs/86xx/gef_sbc610_defconfig |    2 +-
> > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> hmm.. why not fix the issue with the 88e1111 driver.
> 

Two reasons really:

1) We don't use any of the non-generic features of the PHY.
2) Networking is really _not_ my forte.

As a result, it's not itching ;-)

Martyn

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