Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: phy: broadcom: Remove unused flags

[Florian Fainelli]

On 2/12/2021 5:14 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 05:08:58PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> That's right, tg3 drove a lot of the Broadcom PHY driver changes back
>> then, I also would like to rework the way we pass flags towards PHY
>> drivers because tg3 is basically the only driver doing it right, where
>> it checks the PHY ID first, then sets appropriate flags during connect.
> 
> Why does the tg3 controller need to enable the auto power down PHY
> feature in the first place and the PHY driver can't just enable it by
> itself?
> 

That would be a question for Michael if he remembers those details from
12 years ago.
-- 
Florian