Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: imx: allow to disable board specific PHY fixups

From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:54:57 +0100

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 09:47:19AM +0200, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> On 3/30/20 7:41 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> >>> arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-imx6q.c:167:		phy_register_fixup_for_uid(PHY_ID_KSZ9021, MICREL_PHY_ID_MASK,
> >>> arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-imx6q.c:169:		phy_register_fixup_for_uid(PHY_ID_KSZ9031, MICREL_PHY_ID_MASK,
> >>> arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-imx6q.c:171:		phy_register_fixup_for_uid(PHY_ID_AR8031, 0xffffffef,
> >>> arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-imx6q.c:173:		phy_register_fixup_for_uid(PHY_ID_AR8035, 0xffffffef,
> > 
> > As far as I'm concerned, the AR8035 fixup is there with good reason.
> > It's not just "random" but is required to make the AR8035 usable with
> > the iMX6 SoCs.  Not because of a board level thing, but because it's
> > required for the AR8035 to be usable with an iMX6 SoC.
> 
> Is this still ture, if the AR8035 is attached to a switch behind an iMX6?

Do you know of such a setup, or are you talking about theoretical
situations?

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