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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net: davinci_mdio: add GPIO reset logic
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From: Roger Quadros <rogerq@ti.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 11:33:57 +0300

> Some boards [1] leave the PHYs at an invalid state
> during system power-up or reset thus causing unreliability
> issues with the PHY like not being detected by the mdio bus
> or link not functional. To work around these boards have
> a GPIO connected to the PHY's reset pin.
>
> Implement GPIO reset handling for such cases.
>
> [1] - am572x-idk, am571x-idk, a437x-idk.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@ti.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com>

I have not seen a resolution in this discussion.

My understanding is that there are several cases (single MDIO bus whose
reset does a reset on all that MDIO bus's PHYs, etc.) and it's unclear
how to handle all such cases cleanly.

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