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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net: let the MII driver inform a MAC about changed wire speed
Wappler Marcel wrote:
> This was tested on a ARM926 base SoC with an IP based ethernet MAC (10/100 MBit) together with a Realtek RTL8201 MII and a SMCSC
> 8700 RMII with kernel 2.6.24.
>
> ---
> An Ethernet MAC needs to know the medium speed (10/100/1000 Mbps) of an RMII PHY in order to correctly interpret data originating
> from that PHY. The function mii_check_media() has been extended to allow retrieval of the medium speed by a MAC driver. A trivial
> modification to existing MAC drivers will allow them to cover operation with both MII and RMII PHYs.
> Signed-off-by: Marcel Wappler <marcel.wappler@bridgeco.net>

Please make sure to copy netdev list...

Queued for review.

Jeff





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