netdev - Re: [PATCH 8/9] netdev: bfin_mac: handle timeouts with the MDIO registers gracefully

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Message-Id: <20100517.172206.179930115.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 17 May 2010 17:22:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vapier@...too.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] netdev: bfin_mac: handle timeouts with the MDIO
 registers gracefully

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 11:39:13 -0400

> Have the low level MDIO functions pass back up timeout information so we
> don't waste time polling them multiple times when there is a problem, and
> so we don't let higher layers think the device is available when it isn't.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>

Applied.
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