On Wednesday 22 July 2009 19:00:40 Andy Fleming wrote:
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Mike Frysinger vapier@gentoo.org wrote:
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- CONFIG Options
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+The common config defines your device should respect (if applicable):
CONFIG_MII - configure in MII modeCONFIG_RMII - configure in RMII modeThat's awfully global, and inflexible. I don't think there's any convention here that should be encouraged. The data bus configuration is a per-device attribute. If some system architects choose to allow this into their config files, far be it from me to protest, but I'm against it.
feel free to fix it then. this is a case of me documenting existing practice and not feeling like doing the footwork to fix drivers. you can not like it all you want, but that doesnt change reality.
Also, CONFIG_MII doesn't mean what you think it means. It stems from the obnoxious overlap in terms set forth by IEEE 802.3. The MII in this case refers to the MII Management bus. Defining CONFIG_MII will cause miiphyutil.c to be built, which is a bit-bang MII Management bus driver. It will also enable some MII Management features. CONFIG_MII is therefore a relevant CONFIG option for most drivers.
yes, that's obvious, so i'm not sure why i missed it (especially considering i also wrote support for it in the Blackfin net driver). i'll update the doc. -mike