Re: [PATCH] net: fec: Add "phy-reset-active-low" property to DT

[Andrew Lunn]

On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 10:46:42PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 08 February 2016 21:21:13 Bernhard Walle wrote:
> > We need that for a custom hardware that needs the reverse reset
> > sequence.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> 
> Why can't this be specified in the gpios property?

Backwards compatibility. The flag has always been ignored until now,
yet various DTs have a flag value which are active low. If suddenly it
worked, various boards would break :-(

       Andrew