netdev - Re: [PATCH] macb: fix PHY reset

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:04:53 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nicolas.ferre@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macb: fix PHY reset

On 03/22/2016 11:07 PM, David Miller wrote:

>>> The driver calls gpiod_set_value() with GPIOD_OUT_* instead of 0 and
>>> 1, as
>>> a result the PHY isn't really put back into reset state in
>>> macb_remove().
>>> Moreover, the driver assumes that something else has set the GPIO
>>> direction
>>> to output, so if it has not, the PHY wouldn't be taken out of reset in
>>
>>     s/wouldn't/may not/, sorry. Do I need to resend?
>
> No need, I fixed it up by hand.
>
> Applied, thanks.

    Thank you! gpio_request() or smth of that sort wouldn't hurt too (the pin 
won't be switched to the GPIO mode on the pin function controller that I have 
here...
    Anyway, this code is doomed if my phylib reset GPIO patch (to be posted 
yet) is accepted ...

MBR, Sergei