netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: at803x: Request 'reset' GPIO only for AT8030 PHY

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Message-ID: <56F2F189.1030003@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2016 22:42:01 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Sebastian Frias <sf84@...oste.net>,
	Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Mans Rullgard <mans@...sr.com>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
	Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...il.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: at803x: Request 'reset' GPIO only for AT8030
 PHY

Hello.

On 03/23/2016 01:49 PM, Sebastian Frias wrote:

> This removes the dependency on GPIOLIB for non faulty PHYs.
>
> Indeed, without this patch, if GPIOLIB is not selected
> devm_gpiod_get_optional() will return -ENOSYS and the driver probe
> call will fail, regardless of the actual PHY hardware.
>
> Out of the 3 PHYs supported by this driver (AT8030, AT8031, AT8035),
> only AT8030 presents the issues that commit 13a56b449325 ("net: phy:
> at803x: Add support for hardware reset") attempts to work-around by
> using a 'reset' GPIO line.
>
> Hence, only AT8030 should depend on GPIOLIB operating properly.
>
> Fixes: 13a56b449325 ("net: phy: at803x: Add support for hardware reset")
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Frias <sf84@...oste.net>
[...]

    What I don't understand is why the link_change_notify() method ptr is 
populated for all 3 supported chips while only being needed on 8030...

MBR, Sergei