Hi Andrew, On jeu., févr. 22 2018, Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch> wrote:
> Not all boards using the mv88e6xxx switches have the interrupt output > connected to a GPIO. On these boards phylib has to poll the PHYs, > rather than use interrupts. Have the driver poll the interrupt status > register, which is more efficient than having phylib do it. And it > enables other switch interrupts to be services. > > The Armada 370RD is such a board without a interrupt GPIO. Now that > interrupts work, wire up the PHYs to make use if them. > > Gregory: Are you O.K. for the second patch to go through netdev? Why do you need that the second patch to go through netdev. Is there any dependency between the 2 patches? If it is the case does it means that an new kernel won't work with an old device tree? Gregory > > Andrew Lunn (2): > net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Poll when no interrupt defined > arm: mvebu: 370-rd: Enable PHY interrupt handling > > arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-rd.dts | 32 ++++++++ > drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c | 146 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- > drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.h | 3 + > 3 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.15.1 > -- Gregory Clement, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons) Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://bootlin.com
