Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] powerpc/85xx: Move gianfar mdio nodes under the ethernet nodes

From: Scott Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:35:11 -0500

Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 03:31:29PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
>> Anton Vorontsov wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:23:44PM +0300, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
>>>> I don't see any better solution, should I just leave the core1's
>>>> mdio node intact?
>>> Ah. We also could change compatible entry to "fsl,gianfar-slave".
>>> This will prevent gianfar MAC driver to probe on core1.
>> ...and also prevent it from probing the children, unless simple-bus is  
>> specified, or Linux is given special knowledge of the  
>> "fsl,gianfar-slave" name.
> 
> Yup. Do you see any problem with this?

Yes, the mdio node would not get probed.  Why put it in the device tree 
at all then?

-Scott