[PATCH v2 0/5] net: phy: Ethernet PHY powerdown optimization

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Tue Dec 17 14:43:13 EST 2013


From: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:20:24 +0100

> This is v2 of the ethernet PHY power optimization patches to reduce
> power consumption of network PHYs with link that are either unused or
> the corresponding netdev is down.
> 
> Compared to the last version, this patch set drops a patch to disable
> unused PHYs after late initcall, as it is not compatible with a modular
> mdio bus [1]. I'll investigate different ways to have a modular mdio bus
> driver get notified when driver loading is done.
> 
> Again, a branch with v2 applied to v3.13-rc2 can also be found at
> https://github.com/shesselba/linux-dove.git topic/ethphy-power-v2
> 
> [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg293028.html

Series applied, thanks.



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