>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Lunn <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:43 PM
>To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
>Cc: netdev @ vger . kernel . org <[email protected]>; Claudiu Manoil
><[email protected]>; Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] gianfar: Add gfar_change_carrier() for Fixed PHYs
>
>On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 01:33:08PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
>> This allows to control carrier from /sys/class/net/ethX/carrier for
>> Fixed PHYs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joakim Tjernlund <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  v2 - Only allow carrier changes for Fixed PHYs
>>
>>  Florian: I have reimpl. this as I think you meant by registering
>>           a Fixed PHY callback.
>>  Andrew: Are happy with this as well?
>
>Hi Joakim
>
>The basic idea is O.K.
>
>>
>>  If this is OK I will sent the other 2 drivers.
>
>Rather than replicating the code three times, how about putting all
>the code in the fixed phy driver, exporting a fixed_phy_change_carrier
>function which can be assigned to the .ndo.
>

I agree with Andrew on this. This code is not device (eTSEC) specific, it is 
generic
and only uses the gianfar driver to get a reference to its net_device.
Thanks,
Claudiu

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