From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] net: phy: smsc: Add magnetics VIO regulator support
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 18:38:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <X/SkAOV6s9vbSYh1@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210105161533.250865-1-marex@denx.de>
> +static void smsc_link_change_notify(struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> + struct smsc_phy_priv *priv = phydev->priv;
> +
> + if (!priv->vddio)
> + return;
> +
> + if (phydev->state == PHY_HALTED)
> + regulator_disable(priv->vddio);
> +
> + if (phydev->state == PHY_NOLINK)
> + regulator_enable(priv->vddio);
NOLINK is an interesting choice. Could you explain that please.
I fear this is not going to be very robust to state machine
changes. And since it is hidden away in a driver, it is going to be
forgotten about. You might want to think about making it more robust.
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-05 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-05 16:15 [PATCH] [RFC] net: phy: smsc: Add magnetics VIO regulator support Marek Vasut
2021-01-05 17:38 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2021-01-05 17:53 ` Marek Vasut
2021-01-05 19:03 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-05 21:38 ` Marek Vasut
2021-01-05 19:40 ` kernel test robot
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