[U-Boot] how to use a function provided by u-boot in linux driver

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Kartheek N S,

In message <23610373.post at talk.nabble.com> you wrote:
> 
>      I would like to use miiphy_read and miiphy_write functions provided by
> u-boot in the linux kernel driver.

This is not possible, and the request makes no sense.

When Linux boots, all the memory used by U-Boot is freed; no trace of
U-Boot is left behind in memory. You cannot call any U-Boot functions
from Linux, as U-Boot does not exist any more in RAM.

>      This is required for reading the link status of each of the phys
> associated with a switch.

Linux has it's own interface and drivers to talk to PHYs and the like.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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