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Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> I mean do you see any problem with giving Linux knowledge of
> the -slave name?

I guess I don't really see the point, compared with just having a naked 
mdio node.  The power management issue in this case should be addressed 
by ensuring that core0 never puts ethernet@24000 to sleep.

-Scott