netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] net: macb: Check MDIO state before read/write and use timeouts

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Message-ID: <20181128003500.GD26096@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 28 Nov 2018 01:35:00 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Claudiu.Beznea@...rochip.com
Cc:     harinik@...inx.com, harini.katakam@...inx.com,
        Nicolas.Ferre@...rochip.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        michal.simek@...inx.com, shubhrajyoti.datta@...inx.com,
        sai.pavan.boddu@...inx.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] net: macb: Check MDIO state before read/write and
 use timeouts

> Then, do you think it would be better to have a new API part of struct
> mii_bus that drivers should register so that, the mii core to check if the
> bus is idle before lunching a new request?

I'm not sure that actually brings anything useful.  The core does not
benefit from it, and it does not make the driver simpler.

	Andrew