[PATCH v2] ARM: dts: ZII: Disable HW Ethernet switch reset GPIOs
Fabio Estevam
festevam at gmail.com
Wed Jul 22 17:49:08 EDT 2020
Hi Chris,
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 5:33 PM Chris Healy <cphealy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Chris Healy <cphealy at gmail.com>
>
> Disable Ethernet switch reset GPIO with ZII platforms that have it
> enabled. HW switch reset results in a reset of the copper PHYs
> inside of the switch. We want to avoid this reset of the copper PHYs
> in the switch as this results in unnecessary broader network disruption on
> a soft reboot of the application processor.
>
> With the HW GPIO removed, the switch driver still performs a soft reset of
> the switch core which has been shown to sufficiently meet our needs with
> other ZII platforms that do not have the HW switch reset GPIO defined.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Healy <cphealy at gmail.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Update the description to more accurately reflect why we are making the change
Updated description is clear now:
Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com>
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