Messages in this thread | | | From | Sergey Ryazanov <> | Date | Sun, 31 May 2015 01:38:55 +0300 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/7] net: dsa: ar8xxx: add regmap support |
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2015-05-29 20:59 GMT+03:00 Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>: > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:36:49AM -0700, Mathieu Olivari wrote: >> Alternatively, we could have something similar to what happens for the phy >> in the wireless subsystems. Wireless PHYs are not registered as net_device >> but they can still be listed, queried or configured through netlink. > > It is a reasonable idea, but you retrieve most of the useful > information using ethtool. That, as far as i know, operates on > net_devices, not phys. > May be it's time to rework Ethernet cards handling to decouple "Network interfaces" from "Ethernet ports"?
-- Sergey
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