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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] sfc: QT2025C: Use hard reset only
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:04:15 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:17:19 +0100

> At probe time, falcon_reset_hw() performs a hard reset of the PHY
> along with Falcon.  There is no need to perform a soft reset later,
> and any access to standard MDIO registers before the PHY firmware has
> booted can interrupt the boot process, making the port unusable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>

Applied.