On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 05:38:49AM +0000, YUAN Linyu wrote:
> Hi Florian,
>
> 1.
> Let's go back to original topic,
> Can we move all mdio dirvers into drivers/net/mdio ?
Hi Yuan
Please could you explain what benefit this brings. Please also list
all the downsides for such a move. As Florian said, we need to ensure
such a move adds more value than it removes.
> Per may understanding,
> I don't know why create a struct mii_bus instance to represent a mdio device
> in current mdio driver.
> Why not create a struct mdio_device instance, it's easy to understand.
> (We can move part of member of mii_bus to mdio_device).
Please take a step back. What are you trying to achieve. What is the
big picture. What cannot you do with the current design?
Andrew
