On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 12:08:50PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 02/05/16 11:36, Josh Cartwright wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 02:40:53PM +0200, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> > [..]
> >>>  static int macb_mii_init(struct macb *bp)
> >>>  {
> >>>   struct macb_platform_data *pdata;
> >>>   struct device_node *np;
> >>> - int err = -ENXIO, i;
> >>> + int err = -ENXIO;
> >>>  
> >>>   /* Enable management port */
> >>>   macb_writel(bp, NCR, MACB_BIT(MPE));
> >>> @@ -446,33 +497,10 @@ static int macb_mii_init(struct macb *bp)
> >>>   dev_set_drvdata(&bp->dev->dev, bp->mii_bus);
> >>>  
> >>>   np = bp->pdev->dev.of_node;
> >>> - if (np) {
> >>> -         /* try dt phy registration */
> >>> -         err = of_mdiobus_register(bp->mii_bus, np);
> >>> -
> >>> -         /* fallback to standard phy registration if no phy were
> >>> -          * found during dt phy registration
> >>> -          */
> >>> -         if (!err && !phy_find_first(bp->mii_bus)) {
> >>> -                 for (i = 0; i < PHY_MAX_ADDR; i++) {
> >>> -                         struct phy_device *phydev;
> >>> -
> >>> -                         phydev = mdiobus_scan(bp->mii_bus, i);
> >>> -                         if (IS_ERR(phydev)) {
> >>> -                                 err = PTR_ERR(phydev);
> >>> -                                 break;
> >>> -                         }
> >>> -                 }
> >>> -
> >>> -                 if (err)
> >>> -                         goto err_out_unregister_bus;
> >>> -         }
> >>> - } else {
> >>> -         if (pdata)
> >>> -                 bp->mii_bus->phy_mask = pdata->phy_mask;
> >>> -
> >>> -         err = mdiobus_register(bp->mii_bus);
> >>> - }
> >>> + if (np)
> >>> +         err = macb_mii_of_init(bp, np);
> >>> + else
> >>> +         err = macb_mii_pdata_init(bp, pdata);
> >>>  
> >>>   if (err)
> >>>           goto err_out_free_mdiobus;
> >>
> >> I'm okay with this. Thanks for having taken the initiative to implement it.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to be as straightforward
> > as I originally thought.  Still doable, but more complicated.
> > 
> > In particular, the macb bindings allow for a user to specify a
> > 'reset-gpios' property _at the PHY_ level, which is consumed by the
> > macb to adjust the PHY reset state on remove.
> 
> In fact, not just on remove, anytime there is an opportunity to save
> power (interface down, closed) and putting the PHY into reset is usually
> guaranteed to be saving more power than e.g: a BMCR power down.

I can understand how that might have been a long term goal of managing a
reset GPIO in general, however as it stands in the macb driver the only
callsite where the reset gpio is tweaked macb_remove().

> > My question is: why is the PHY reset GPIO management not the
> > responsibility of the PHY driver/core itself?
> 
> Well, this is actually being worked on at the moment by Sergei, since
> there is not necessarily a reason why PHYLIB can't deal with that:
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/28/831

Cool, thanks.  I was about to see about implementing this...but since
it's already been done, I'll rebase my set on Sergei's changes.

Thanks,
  Josh

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