[U-Boot-Users] [GIT PULL] Add support for the mpc832xemds board
Joakim Tjernlund
joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se
Fri Dec 15 18:43:00 CET 2006
>
> On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 18:13 +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Timur Tabi [mailto:timur at freescale.com]
> > > Sent: 15 December 2006 17:59
> > > To: Joakim Tjernlund
> > > Cc: 'Kim Phillips'; u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] [GIT PULL] Add support for the
> > > mpc832xemds board
> > >
> > > Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > >
> > > > 3) Since I don't have a real PHY(MII to MII) I get these
> > > > annoying printouts (read wrong value ...). Can't you loose
> > > > them somehow? Some sort of pretend PHY that always
> returns OK?
> > >
> > > Wasn't there a "generic PHY" patch posted some time ago that
> > > might fix this?
> >
> > That would be great, but I havn't seen/can't find one.
> >
> > Jocke
>
> I'm pretty sure the generic phy was to allow the use of generic real
> PHYs instead of having to add a new entry for each one. Since the PHY
> page/register layout is IEEE-specified, this *should* work for any old
> 10/100 PHY out there. I think what Joakim is asking for (and
> I'm in the
> same boat) is to have a 'fake' PHY so when we connect the TSEC to a
> switch that doesn't implement MDIO, a happy response is
> returned during
> driver initialization. Correct me if I'm wrong here...
You are right, this is what I need too.
Jocke
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