netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] Revert "ARM: imx: add FEC sleep mode callback function"

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Date:	Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:05:41 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	festevam@...il.com
Cc:	shawn.guo@...aro.org, fugang.duan@...escale.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, fabio.estevam@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] Revert "ARM: imx: add FEC sleep mode
 callback function"

From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Date: Wed,  7 Jan 2015 10:39:52 -0200

> From: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
> 
> i.MX platform maintainer Shawn Guo is not happy with the such commit as
> explained below [1]:
> 
> "The GPR difference between SoCs can be encoded in device tree as well.
> It's pointless to repeat the same code pattern for every single
> platform, that need to set up GPR bits for enabling magic packet wake
> up, while the only difference is the register and bit offset.
> 
> The platform code will become quite messy and unmaintainable if every
> device driver dump their GPR register setup code into platform.
> 
> Sorry, but it's NACK from me."
> 
> This reverts commit 456062b3ec6f5b9 ("ARM: imx: add FEC sleep mode callback 
> function").
> 
> [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg310922.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>

Applied.
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