netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: qcom/emac: do not reset the EMAC during initialization

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Message-Id: <20170623.140031.865751442887165393.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2017 14:00:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     timur@...eaurora.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: qcom/emac: do not reset the EMAC during
 initialization

From: Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:05:31 -0500

> It doesn't make sense to reset the EMAC in the middle of initializing
> it during the probe.
> 
> Tested-by: Richard Ruigrok <rruigrok@...eaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>

Why not?

What if the boot loader or something else left the chip in
a weird state?

I'm not applying this.

If it's correct, the explanation in this commit message need
to be imporved.  The change must be better justified.