Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: let the MII driver inform a MAC about changed wire speed

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:36:58 -0400

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 <[email-masked]>

Please make sure to copy netdev list...

Queued for review.

	Jeff