netdev - [RFC PATCH 08/17] drivers/net/bfin_mac: Don't unnecessarily reset the PHY

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Date:	Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:00:15 -0400
From:	Kyle Moffett <Kyle.D.Moffett@...ing.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Kyle Moffett <Kyle.D.Moffett@...ing.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...an.davemloft.net>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@...log.com>,
	Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 08/17] drivers/net/bfin_mac: Don't unnecessarily reset the PHY

The PHY is already reset during driver probing, and this manual reset
afterwards will wipe out board-specific PHY fixups and driver-specific
phy->drv->config_init() register tweaks.

Signed-off-by: Kyle Moffett <Kyle.D.Moffett@...ing.com>
---
 drivers/net/bfin_mac.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c b/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c
index 6c019e1..1427ec3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c
@@ -1402,7 +1402,6 @@ static int bfin_mac_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		return ret;
 
 	phy_start(lp->phydev);
-	phy_write(lp->phydev, MII_BMCR, BMCR_RESET);
 	setup_system_regs(dev);
 	setup_mac_addr(dev->dev_addr);
 
-- 
1.7.2.5

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