Hi Mike,
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Mike Frysinger vapier@gentoo.org wrote:
On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 23:12:44 Graeme Russ wrote:
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Graeme Russ wrote:
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i believe this is correct. the intention is to be like Linux where you've got a driver for the MAC, and you've got drivers for the PHYs, and the MAC driver provides the hooks for the PHY layer to access what it needs.
not all drivers have been converted to the PHY abstraction, and we don't have a requirement atm for that.
there's also a bit of a mess as we try to move to the Linux phylib code ... another area that needs a bit of TLC.
OK, I just saw another thread (phylib: reset mii bus only if reset handler is registered) which raises a question in my head as to how I should provide PHY support for a brand-spakin' new driver
Is there any documentation on how I should build a new MAC and PHY driver from scratch (i.e. what is the official network driver API)
Regards,
Graeme