netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next v1 2/3] ARM: imx: add FEC sleep mode callback function

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Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 2015 01:41:33 +0000
From:	"fugang.duan@...escale.com" <fugang.duan@...escale.com>
To:	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
CC:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"bhutchings@...arflare.com" <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	"stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v1 2/3] ARM: imx: add FEC sleep mode callback
 function

From: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 7:48 PM
> To: Duan Fugang-B38611
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org;
> bhutchings@...arflare.com; stephen@...workplumber.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 2/3] ARM: imx: add FEC sleep mode
> callback function
> 
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 05:30:40PM +0800, Fugang Duan wrote:
> > i.MX6q/dl, i.MX6SX SOCs enet support sleep mode that magic packet can
> > wake up system in suspend status. For different SOCs, there have some
> > SOC specifical GPR register to set sleep on/off mode. So add these to
> > callback function for driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Fugang Duan <B38611@...escale.com>
> 
> I do not like this patch.  In the end, this is just a GRP register bit
> setup per FEC driver need.  Rather than messing up platform code for each
> SoC with the same pattern, I do not see why this can not be done by FEC
> driver itself.
> 
> You can take a look at LDB driver (drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c) to see
> how this can be done.
> 
> Shawn
> 

Hi, Shawn,

It is SOC related setting, not fec IP itself setting, and different SOC GPR setting is not different.
So I think it better to put it to platform code.

Regards,
Andy
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