[PATCH] net: Fix ucc_geth.c handling of phy 'interface' property.
Scott Wood
scottwood at freescale.com
Tue Apr 28 03:36:06 EST 2009
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 09:36:13AM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> From: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
>
> Previous rework to ucc_geth.c to add of_mdio support (net: Rework
> ucc_geth driver to use of_mdio infrastructure) added a block of
> code which broke older openfirmware device trees which use an
> 'interface' property in the phy node to describe the connection
> between the MAC and the PHY. This patch removes the offending blurb.
[snip]
> prop = of_get_property(np, "phy-connection-type", NULL);
> if (!prop) {
> /* handle interface property present in old trees */
> - if (!phy)
> - return -ENODEV;
> -
> prop = of_get_property(phy, "interface", NULL);
> if (prop != NULL) {
> phy_interface = enet_to_phy_interface[*prop];
The above test only makes a difference when there is no phy node -- so I
don't see how it was breaking device trees that had a phy node (with or
without an "interface" property). I can see it breaking fixed link
device trees, though.
-Scott
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