netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] Modernize bitbanged GPIO MDIO

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:10:00 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] Modernize bitbanged GPIO MDIO

> Nack on patches 1 and 3, because I am slowly resuming work on an x86
> platform driver that uses the mdio-gpio driver with platform data, and
> DT is not an option there, and I would rather not have to revert your
> changes.

Hi Florian

Would it be O.K. to change the platform_data to use a gpio descriptor,
rather than gpio number and active_low flag? That would simplify a lot
of code.

   Thanks
      Andrew