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Message-Id: <1395882446-552-15-git-send-email-f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:07:26 -0700
From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 14/14] Documentation: networking: phy.txt: MDIO bus reset is optional
Update the MDIO bus documentation to mention that the MDIO bus reset
function is completely optional. It became optional with commit
e13934563db0 ("[PATCH] PHY Layer fixup")
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
---
Documentation/networking/phy.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
index e602c6f347df..3544c98401fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The MDIO bus
time, so it is safe for them to block, waiting for an interrupt to signal
the operation is complete
- 2) A reset function is necessary. This is used to return the bus to an
+ 2) A reset function is optional. This is used to return the bus to an
initialized state.
3) A probe function is needed. This function should set up anything the bus
--
1.8.3.2
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