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author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2013-02-21 16:16:55 +0100 |
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committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2013-02-22 10:07:30 +0100 |
commit | edb15d83a875a1f4b1576188844db5c330c3267d (patch) | |
tree | 74d54eab401b6ccf2a6ad4821227108a8d160f03 /Documentation/networking/phy.txt | |
parent | 8bfc245f9ad7bd4e461179e4e7852ef99b8b6144 (diff) | |
parent | a0b1c42951dd06ec83cc1bc2c9788131d9fefcd8 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into mips-for-linux-next
Conflicts:
include/linux/ssb/ssb_driver_gige.h
Also resolves a logical merge conflict in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/-
bgmac.c due to change of an API.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/phy.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/phy.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt index 95e5f5985a2a..d5b1a3935245 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Letting the PHY Abstraction Layer do Everything Now, to connect, just call this function: - phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_name, &adjust_link, flags, interface); + phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_name, &adjust_link, interface); phydev is a pointer to the phy_device structure which represents the PHY. If phy_connect is successful, it will return the pointer. dev, here, is the @@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ Letting the PHY Abstraction Layer do Everything current state, though the PHY will not yet be truly operational at this point. - flags is a u32 which can optionally contain phy-specific flags. + PHY-specific flags should be set in phydev->dev_flags prior to the call + to phy_connect() such that the underlying PHY driver can check for flags + and perform specific operations based on them. This is useful if the system has put hardware restrictions on the PHY/controller, of which the PHY needs to be aware. @@ -185,11 +187,10 @@ Doing it all yourself start, or disables then frees them for stop. struct phy_device * phy_attach(struct net_device *dev, const char *phy_id, - u32 flags, phy_interface_t interface); + phy_interface_t interface); Attaches a network device to a particular PHY, binding the PHY to a generic - driver if none was found during bus initialization. Passes in - any phy-specific flags as needed. + driver if none was found during bus initialization. int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev); |