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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] tg3: Allow GPHY powerdown on 5761
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:21:21 -0800 (PST)
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From: "Matt Carlson" <mcarlson@broadcom.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:02:15 -0800

> The ENABLE_APE flag tells the driver whether or not the device has an
> Application Processing Engine (APE).  The APE does not need the PHY to
> be powered unless it is running management firmware.  For backwards
> compatibility, management firmware will still set the ENABLE_ASF bit.
> Consequently, there is no reason to consider the ENABLE_APE flag when
> deciding whether or not to power down the phy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>

Applied.