From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 301C4DDDFE for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:01:28 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <56B46498-9213-49A1-B667-40B286291461@kernel.crashing.org> From: Kumar Gala To: Li Yang In-Reply-To: <989B956029373F45A0B8AF029708189001A1C7DF@zch01exm26.fsl.freescale.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/9] add Freescale SerDes PHY support Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:01:14 -0600 References: <1192793930-26039-1-git-send-email-leoli@freescale.com> <1192793930-26039-2-git-send-email-leoli@freescale.com> <1192793930-26039-3-git-send-email-leoli@freescale.com> <1192793930-26039-4-git-send-email-leoli@freescale.com> <68738B73-92D6-459F-88A7-BBE66967A3A0@kernel.crashing.org> <989B956029373F45A0B8AF029708189001A1C7DF@zch01exm26.fsl.freescale.net> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , >> Upon further review of all this I don't think this belongs in >> the kernel at all. This is one time setup and should be done >> in firmware. > > I'm ok for it to be taken care of in u-boot for now. However, if we > later plan to add power management support to this block. We probably > have to do it in kernel. How does pwr mgmt come into play w/SerDes? - k