Re: Using mdio-gpio driver with smsc PHY driver (driver stacking?)

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On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 12:34:03AM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> 
> I am interested in using mdio-gpio driver to emulate the MDIO bus over
> GPIO. This is needed to control the SMSC LAN 8700 PHY. Now, there is a
> driver that already exists to control the phy (smsc.c).
> 
> How do I 'connect' the two drivers? Do I write a new driver? Or do I use
> the mdio-gpio to set up the necessary pins, and then the smsc.c phy
> driver (which uses MDIO already) will automatically use the mdio over
> gpio.

The later option sounds like a good idea, have you tried this to see if
it works?

thanks,

greg k-h
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