From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To: "Sørensen, Stefan" <Stefan.Sorensen@spectralink.com>
Cc: "ben@decadent.org.uk" <ben@decadent.org.uk>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dp83640: Support a configurable number of periodic outputs
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 16:43:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140204154323.GA2815@netboy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1391527464.7871.15.camel@e37108.spectralink.com>
On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 03:24:27PM +0000, Sørensen, Stefan wrote:
>
> I would definitely prefer the DT approach. On all the platforms I have
> used, the GPIO configuration has been set in stone by the HW. But there
> might be some dev boards or the like that has them configurable.
I think DT is fine for the initial configuration, but the ethtool way
will still be needed in at least two cases.
1. Platform has no DT at all.
2. User wants to change the function at run time.
Thanks,
Richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-04 15:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-04 8:52 [PATCH] dp83640: Support a configurable number of periodic outputs Stefan Sørensen
2014-02-04 9:29 ` Richard Cochran
2014-02-04 10:53 ` Ben Hutchings
2014-02-04 15:24 ` Sørensen, Stefan
2014-02-04 15:43 ` Richard Cochran [this message]
2014-02-05 7:40 ` Sørensen, Stefan
2014-02-07 5:48 ` Richard Cochran
2014-02-07 7:44 ` Manfred Rudigier
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