Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] net: phy: always set polarity_modes if op is supported

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sat Oct 05 2024 - 10:18:30 EST


> I'll add "active-high" as an additional property then, as I found out
> that both, Aquantia and Intel/MaxLinear are technically speaking
> active-low by default (ie. after reset) and what we need to set is a
> property setting the LED to be driven active-high (ie. driving VDD
> rather than GND) instead. I hope it's not too late to make this change
> also for the Aquantia driver.

Adding a new property should not affect backwards compatibility, so it
should be safe to merge at any time.

Andrew