[U-Boot-Users] [RFC][PATCH 0/1] New Ethernet initialization

[Ben Warren]

Hello,

By any measure, net/eth.c is messy and only gets worse as each new
Ethernet controller gets added.  This patch moves initialization to
board code, providing the following benefits:

1. Board developers have more control over the ordering of Ethernet
interfaces on a board, and can easily instantiate several different
interfaces.  This will make a PHY library easier to implement.
2. Ethernet controllers are decoupled from the net library.
3. /net/eth.c will become much smaller and easier to read.

I've initially implemented only on TSEC, because I have a couple of
different boards with this controller (MPC8349EMDS and MPC8555CDS) and
am able to test it.  Note that in this patch the TSEC driver itself
isn't touched - only where it's initialized.

If feedback is positive, I'll port all other in-tree controllers and
boards and will put in a branch of the net tree.  Hopefully volunteers
will line up to sanity test.

Please have a look and let me know your thoughts.

regards,
Ben