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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:10:09 +0100 From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: add suspend_halted module param > > As to the comment from davem about not using a kernel parameter. How > > about turning it all around. Put a boolean parameter into DT PHY node > > to indicate when it is safe to power down an idle phy? > > Ah ah, nice try, but I do not think this belongs in DT, this is purely > a software issue here, powering up/down the PHY itself works as > expected. > > How about we have this knob a sysfs parameter? This should be easy > enough to tweak at runtime and debug in case thing go wrong. With a kernel parameter i can place it into the bootargs of the chosen node in DT. Solves the problem for everybody with a QNAP box. Same goes for topkick and any other board which has a broken u-boot. A sysfs parameter needs setting from user space, so it is not something we can solve within the kernel. Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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