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Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:59:32 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] sky2: PHY page register fixes Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Several of the PHY registers are multiplexed; access to > register must be proceeded by setting page register. > > The driver setup is safer if this is done before the access > rather than depending on the last value. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> NAK for 2.622 - this appears to be a highly speculative cleanup-style change that is not an appropriate submission so late in the Release Candidate cycle. I would have expected this sort of change to have been brewing for a little while in -mm, via netdev#upstream perhaps. As it is, this change has been zero testing exposure, which is not something we want in a -rc2 or -rc3. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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