[U-Boot] mii_phy.h

Michal Simek monstr at monstr.eu
Fri Aug 26 08:19:26 CEST 2011


Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Thursday, August 25, 2011 03:25:32 Michal Simek wrote:
>> Can someone clear me purpose of mii_phy.h? It looks like that it is really
>> ancient file which hasn't been touched from 2003.
>>
>> It is use for two files
>> [monstr at monstr u-boot]$ grep -rn "mii_phy.h" *
>> board/ep8260/mii_phy.c:2:#include <mii_phy.h>
>> board/rpxsuper/mii_phy.c:2:#include <mii_phy.h>
> 
> yes, if you look at old files, you often see people using generic names when 
> they should have been driver or arch specific, or people who thought about 
> starting a framework but then nothing ever materialized.
> 
>> The best will be to remove mii_phy entirely.
> 
> sounds good to me ... i imagine the existing functionality might need to be 
> converted into one of the common net frameworks that has been adopted ?

Who is responsible for ep8260 and rpxsuper boards?

For ep8260: I cc'ed Frank Panno but his email address doesn't work.

Thanks,
Michal


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