RE: [PATCH 1/2] e100: power down PHY if WOL is not enabled

[Ben Hutchings]

On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 21:59 +0000, Jiang Wang wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Do you mean the WOL is enabled but PHY is powered off somehow? That
> scenario should never happen. If WOL is enabled, there is no code to
> power off PHY.
[...]

Initial conditions: interface up, WOL off, PHY on.

1. Bring interface down. PHY is turned off.
2. Turn WOL on.  PHY is still off, but needs to be on.

Ben.

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