[U-Boot] [PATCH V2 1/1] net: phy: micrel: make ksz9021 phy accessible

Troy Kisky troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com
Wed Jul 11 20:54:41 CEST 2012


On 7/11/2012 1:28 AM, Prafulla Wadaskar wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de [mailto:u-boot-
>> bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Dirk Behme
>> Sent: 11 July 2012 12:23
>> To: u-boot at lists.denx.de; Joe Hershberger
>> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH V2 1/1] net: phy: micrel: make ksz9021
>> phy accessible
>>
>> On 11.07.2012 02:53, Troy Kisky wrote:
>>> On 6/28/2012 11:00 AM, Troy Kisky wrote:
>>>> Micrel accidentally used the same part number
>>>> for the KS8721 and KSZ9021. So, both cannot be
>>>> in the same build of u-boot. Add a config option
>>>> to handle this.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Troy Kisky <troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com>
>>>> Acked-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz at mleia.com>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> v2: add ack
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/net/phy/micrel.c        |   15 +++++++++++++--
>>>>    include/configs/mx6qsabrelite.h |    1 +
>>>>    2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
>>>> index e3043df..30f3264 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
>>>> @@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ static struct phy_driver KSZ804_driver = {
>>>>    	.shutdown = &genphy_shutdown,
>>>>    };
>>>>
>>>> +#ifndef CONFIG_PHY_MICREL_KSZ9021
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * I can't believe Micrel used the exact same part number
>>>> + * for the KSZ9021
>>>> + * Shame Micrel, Shame!!!!!
> These comments attracted my attention. I doubt these are valid comments that should get mainlined???
>
> Regards...
> Prafulla . . .
>
Yeah, I was a little pissed when I found this problem. Joe, do you want 
me to tone down the language?
I still think Micrel should be very embarrassed to have done such a thing.


Thanks
Troy



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