linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] reset: microchip-sparx5: issue a reset on startup

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Message-ID: <764e978ac77d63c6bb9e4338b633123a03cfda53.camel@pengutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:46:59 +0200
From:   Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
To:     Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Lars Povlsen <lars.povlsen@...rochip.com>,
        Steen Hegelund <Steen.Hegelund@...rochip.com>,
        Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>
Cc:     UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] reset: microchip-sparx5: issue a reset on startup

On Fr, 2022-08-26 at 13:56 +0200, Michael Walle wrote:
> Originally this was used in by the switch core driver to issue a reset.
> But it turns out, this isn't just a switch core reset but instead it
> will reset almost the complete SoC.
> 
> Instead of adding almost all devices of the SoC a shared reset line,
> issue the reset once early on startup. Keep the reset controller for
> backwards compatibility, but make the actual reset a noop.
> 
> Suggested-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>

I've applied this patch to the reset/fixes branch.

regards
Philipp