On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 20:11 +0300, Igor Plyatov wrote: > > On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 16:12 +0300, Igor Plyatov wrote: > >> * Due to HW bug, LAN8700 sometimes does not detect presence of energy in > >> the > >> Ethernet cable in Energy Detect Power-Down mode (e.g while EDPWRDOWN > >> bit is > >> set, the ENERGYON bit does not asserted sometimes). This is a common > >> bug of > >> LAN87xx family of PHY chips. > >> * The lan87xx_read_status() was improved to acquire ENERGYON bit. Its > >> previous > >> algorythm still not reliable on 100 % and sometimes skip cable plugging. > > [] > >> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c > > [] > >> @@ -104,10 +104,12 @@ static int lan911x_config_init(struct phy_device > >> *phydev) > >> static int lan87xx_read_status(struct phy_device *phydev) > >> { > >> int err = genphy_read_status(phydev); > >> + int rc; > > Is there a reason to move this declaration? > > There is no strict requirement to move declaration of the rc. > It was made just to have all declarations easily visible.
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