> Now, instead of encoding this information of the bus' capabilities at both > places, I'd propose just checking the mii_bus->capabilities field in the > mdiobus_c45_*() functions. IMHO this would be a little cleaner, than having > two > places where this information is stored. What do you think about that?
You will need to review all the MDIO bus drivers to make sure they correctly set the capabilities. There is something like 55 using of_mdiobus_register() and 45 using mdiobus_register(). So you have 100 drivers to review. Andrew