RE: [EXT] [PATCH v1] net: fec: optionally reset PHY via a reset-controller

From: Andy Duan
Date: Tue Jul 16 2019 - 21:32:49 EST


From: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 9:19 PM
> Hi Andy,
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:02 PM Andy Duan <fugang.duan@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > the phylib already can handle mii bus reset and phy device reset
>
> That's a great suggestion, thank you !! I completely overlooked that code.
> What will happen to the legacy phy reset code in fec? Are there many users
> left?

Yes, so the old legacy code is kept there. But it is better to clean up all if
there have enough boards to verify them.