[PATCH] phy: Added a macro to represent the string format used to match a phy device

Add the PHY_ID_FMT macro to ensure that the format of the id string used by a
driver to match to its specific phy is consistent between the mdio_bus and the
driver.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 92a9696fdebe..331521a10a2d 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 
 #define PHY_MAX_ADDR 32
 
+/* Used when trying to connect to a specific phy (mii bus id:phy device id) */
+#define PHY_ID_FMT "%x:%02x"
+
 /* The Bus class for PHYs.  Devices which provide access to
  * PHYs should register using this structure */
 struct mii_bus {