On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 12:40:25PM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
> Well the MDIO device actually is conceptually separate from the ethernet
> controller that shares register space with it. For example, we may have a
> processor with 4 ethernet controllers on it. We use the register set in
> controller 1 to get to the MDIO "device" for all four controllers.
>
> Hopefully, Andy can provide further details about order issues and how the
> current PHY layer interacts with the ethernet controller.
>
> However, the issue still exists that the MDIO devices registers live
> inside another devices register space.
Thanks for clearing that up - I see why you need this now.
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Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core
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