Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/11] ibm_newemac: Add BCM5248 and Marvell 88E1111 PHY support

From: Christoph Hellwig <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:56:41 +0000

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 04:40:23PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> From: Stefan Roese <[email-masked]>
> 
> This patch adds BCM5248 and Marvell 88E1111 PHY support to NEW EMAC driver.
> These PHY chips are used on PowerPC 440EPx boards.
> The PHY code is based on the previous work by Stefan Roese <[email-masked]>

Is there a reason the emac driver isn't using the generic phy code?