[PATCH v3 2/9] ARM64: dts: meson-gxbb-p200: add the ethernet PHY's reset GPIO

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Fri Jan 20 09:46:58 PST 2017


On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 06:07:20PM +0100, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> I though that this is good practice - the documentation doesn't say
> that it should only be added in specific cases: [0]

Agreed, the text should be better, listing when it is appropriate to
use.

> my intention behind adding the PHY ID was to make it easier to see
> which devices uses which PHY. this is especially useful for devices
> with RTL8211F PHY (basically all devices with RGMII PHY except the
> P200) as these may need similar fixes than [1]

I would not say it is wrong to list the PHY ID, it just has
consequences if the PHY ever changes.

	     Andrew



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