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Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/33] sfc: Clean up MDIO flag setting
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:49:07 -0800 (PST)
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From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:54:34 +0000

> We often want to set or clear a flag in an MDIO register, but avoid
> writing if no change is required since this can have side-effects.
> Encapsulate this in a function, mdio_clause45_set_flag().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>

Applied.