Re: [PATCH v4 net-next] mdio_bus: Issue GPIO RESET to PHYs.

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Apr 24 2017 - 12:42:16 EST


From: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:15:38 +0300

> Some boards [1] leave the PHYs at an invalid state
> during system power-up or reset thus causing unreliability
> issues with the PHY which manifests as PHY not being detected
> or link not functional. To fix this, these PHYs need to be RESET
> via a GPIO connected to the PHY's RESET pin.
>
> Some boards have a single GPIO controlling the PHY RESET pin of all
> PHYs on the bus whereas some others have separate GPIOs controlling
> individual PHY RESETs.
>
> In both cases, the RESET de-assertion cannot be done in the PHY driver
> as the PHY will not probe till its reset is de-asserted.
> So do the RESET de-assertion in the MDIO bus driver.
>
> [1] - am572x-idk, am571x-idk, a437x-idk
>
> Signed-off-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.