From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: Add "phy-reset-active-low" property to DT
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:47:24 +0100
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Cc: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de>, fabio.estevam@freescale.com,
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To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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On Monday 08 February 2016 22:51:38 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 10:46:42PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Monday 08 February 2016 21:21:13 Bernhard Walle wrote:
> > > We need that for a custom hardware that needs the reverse reset
> > > sequence.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de>
> > > 
> > 
> > Why can't this be specified in the gpios property?
> 
> Backwards compatibility. The flag has always been ignored until now,
> yet various DTs have a flag value which are active low. If suddenly it
> worked, various boards would break 

Ok, I see. 

	Arnd