[U-Boot] [PATCH] mii: miiphy register address width change

[Kumar Nath, Chandan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Frysinger [mailto:vapier at gentoo.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:28 PM
> To: Kumar Gala
> Cc: Kumar Nath, Chandan; u-boot at lists.denx.de List; Andy Fleming
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mii: miiphy register address width change
> 
> On Thursday 20 October 2011 09:55:34 Kumar Gala wrote:
> > On Oct 20, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > On Thursday 20 October 2011 06:34:33 Kumar Nath, Chandan wrote:
> > >> This patch was acked on September 21, but in latest code base I
> could
> > >> not find this patch. Is there anything left which I need to take
> care
> > >> in my patch. If so, please let me know so that this can be picked
> up.
> > >
> > > i don't merge net patches.  wolfgang does.  i don't think there's
> > > anything left for you to do.
> >
> > I think this breaks 10g support.  I'm pretty sure Andy made the data
> type a
> > short for a reason.
> 
> the data type in mainline is 8bits (char).  Chandan is fixing it to be
> 16bits
> (short).  if 10g breaks with a short, that sounds like a bug in the 10g
> code
> we should figure out + fix.  Linux is using a short just fine afaict.
> -mike

Yes, in mainline it is 8 bits (char) not 16 bits (short).

Wolfgang, 
can it be picked up for mainline?
- Chandan