[U-Boot-Custodians] RFC: Migration target date for DM_ETH

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Fri Aug 9 21:41:25 UTC 2019


On 8/9/19 7:02 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Heinrich,
>
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 00:31, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> Currently dozens of boards still do not use the driver model for the
>> network devices. This makes integration between devices in the UEFI
>> sub-system with the U-Boot devices complicated.
>>
>> See: https://travis-ci.org/xypron2/u-boot/builds/569675547
>>
>> In doc/driver-model/migration.rst I am missing a migration target day
>> for DM_ETH. Shouldn't we define one? 2020-07 should be realistic.
>
> Yes, good idea.
>
> Also we need to convert the Ethernet PHYs to DM.

In drivers/net/phy/ there isn't even a uclass. It makes sense to convert
this class of drivers too. But I guess it can be handles as a separate task.

Best regards

Heinrich


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