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Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2015 16:16:34 -0500
From:	Kostya Belezko <bkostya@...mail.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"nios2-dev@...ts.rocketboards.org" <nios2-dev@...ts.rocketboards.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2][Nios2-dev] Altera TSE: Add missing phydev



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> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 16:07:03 -0500
> To: bkostya@...mail.com
> CC: nios2-dev@...ts.rocketboards.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2][Nios2-dev] Altera TSE: Add missing phydev
> From: davem@...emloft.net
>
> From: Kostya Belezko <bkostya@...mail.com>
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 15:57:29 -0500
>
>> What do you mean by phy_disconnect() is down?
>> Originally priv->phydev is NULL (and remains null forever) right after 'ifdown eth0'
>
> I'm saying that the code should probably keep phydev non-NULL and just
> take the PHY down/up during these events.

Yes, this is what the patch intends to achieve. It keeps phydev non-NULL and calls phy_stop, shy_start respectively.
phy_disconnect is called upon rmmod.
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