> > As to the comment from davem about not using a kernel parameter. How > > about turning it all around. Put a boolean parameter into DT PHY node > > to indicate when it is safe to power down an idle phy? > > Ah ah, nice try, but I do not think this belongs in DT, this is purely > a software issue here, powering up/down the PHY itself works as > expected. > > How about we have this knob a sysfs parameter? This should be easy > enough to tweak at runtime and debug in case thing go wrong.
With a kernel parameter i can place it into the bootargs of the chosen node in DT. Solves the problem for everybody with a QNAP box. Same goes for topkick and any other board which has a broken u-boot. A sysfs parameter needs setting from user space, so it is not something we can solve within the kernel. Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
