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Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 net-next] net: hisilicon: updates HNS config
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On 2015/10/30 22:20, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 October 2015 19:16:34 huangdaode wrote:
>>            mdio@803c0000 {
>>                      #address-cells = <1>;
>>                      #size-cells = <0>;
>> -                   compatible = "hisilicon,mdio","hisilicon,hns-mdio";
>> +                   compatible = "hisilicon,hns-mdio","hisilicon,mdio";
>>                      reg = <0x0 0x803c0000 0x0 0x10000>;
>>   
>>
> Does "hisilicon,mdio" actually have a specific meaning? Is that just there
> for legacy reasons?
>
> 	Arnd
>
> .
>
hi Arnd,
"hisilicon,mdio" is  the gernerical configuation compatible  for the 
default hisilicon chip,
We use generic hisilicon since our MDIO/PHY is same across flavour of SoCs.

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Best Regards
Daode Huang