netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 net] lan743x: Remove MAC Reset from initialization

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Message-Id: <20181219.154934.1905476865718042343.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:49:34 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Bryan.Whitehead@...rochip.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 net] lan743x: Remove MAC Reset from initialization

From: Bryan Whitehead <Bryan.Whitehead@...rochip.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:55:15 -0500

> The MAC Reset was noticed to erase important EEPROM settings.
> It is also unnecessary since a chip wide reset was done earlier
> in initialization, and that reset preserves EEPROM settings.
> 
> There for this patch removes the unnecessary MAC specific reset.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bryan Whitehead <Bryan.Whitehead@...rochip.com>

Applied.