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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFCv2 0/6] net: phy: Ethernet PHY powerdown optimization
On Wednesday 04 December 2013 09:14 PM, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> This is v2 of an RFC sent earlier [1] to reduce power consumption of network
> PHYs with link that are either unused or the corresponding netdev is down.
>
> In contrast to RFCv1, this now integrates phy_suspend/phy_resume transparent
> to the netdev drivers. Also, phy_suspend now only suspends the PHY if WOL is
> disabled. Moreover, the phy state machine calls phy_suspend on entering
> HALTED state.
>
> Again, a branch with RFCv2 applied to v3.13-rc2 can also be found at
> https://github.com/shesselba/linux-dove.git topic/ethphy-power-rfc-v2
>
> [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/574426/
>
> Sebastian Hesselbarth (6):
> net: mv643xx_eth: properly start/stop phy device
> net: phy: marvell: provide genphy suspend/resume
> net: phy: provide phy_resume/phy_suspend helpers
> net: phy: resume/suspend PHYs on attach/detach
> net: phy: suspend unused PHYs on mdio_bus in late_initcall
> net: phy: suspend phydev when going to HALTED
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c | 4 +++-
> drivers/net/phy/marvell.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 6 +++++-
> drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/phy.h | 2 ++
> 6 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> ---
> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
> Cc: Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@ti.com>
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Apart form Sergei's comment the patch series looks good to me.

Acked-by: Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@ti.com>

Regards
Mugunthan V N


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