netdev - Re: [patch 02/10] forcedeth: power down phy when interface is down

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Message-Id: <20071213163046.c2e9d340.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:30:46 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Ayaz Abdulla" <AAbdulla@...dia.com>
Cc:	jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eswierk@...stra.com
Subject: Re: [patch 02/10] forcedeth: power down phy when interface is down

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:11:55 -0800
"Ayaz Abdulla" <AAbdulla@...dia.com> wrote:

> I would not include this patch until further testing is performed.
> NVIDIA MCP chips use 3rd party PHY vendors. By powering down the phy, it
> could have adverse affects on certain phys.
> 
> Ayaz
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: akpm@...ux-foundation.org [mailto:akpm@...ux-foundation.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:03 PM
> To: jeff@...zik.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; akpm@...ux-foundation.org;
> eswierk@...stra.com; Ayaz Abdulla
> Subject: [patch 02/10] forcedeth: power down phy when interface is down
> 
> 
> From: "Ed Swierk" <eswierk@...stra.com>
> 
> Bring the physical link down when the interface is down by placing the
> PHY
> in power-down state, unless WOL is enabled.  This mirrors the behavior
> of
> other drivers including e1000 and tg3.

Does this patch actually fix any observeable problem?
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