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Re: [PATCH net-next] of: of_mdio: Check if MDIO bus controller is available

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From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:55:10 -0700

> Add a check whether the 'struct device_node' pointer passed to
> of_mdiobus_register() is an available (aka enabled) node in the Device
> Tree.
> 
> Rationale for doing this are cases where an Ethernet MAC provides a MDIO
> bus controller and node, and an additional Ethernet MAC might be
> connecting its PHY/switches to that first MDIO bus controller, while
> still embedding one internally which is therefore marked as "disabled".
> 
> Instead of sprinkling checks like these in callers of
> of_mdiobus_register(), do this in a central location.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>

Applied, thanks Florian.

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[PATCH net-next] of: of_mdio: Check if MDIO bus controller is available Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 00:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next] of: of_mdio: Check if MDIO bus controller is  available Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2016-04-29 00:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next] of: of_mdio: Check if MDIO bus controller is  available Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2016-04-29 00:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH net-next] of: of_mdio: Check if MDIO bus controller is  available Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 01:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH net-next] of: of_mdio: Check if MDIO bus controller is  available Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2016-04-29 01:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next] of: of_mdio: Check if MDIO bus controller is  available David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-05-02 01:40 +0200

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