[U-Boot-Users] [GIT PULL] Add support for the mpc832xemds board

[Joakim Tjernlund]

> 
> 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