From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Cochran Subject: Re: [PATCH] dp83640: Support a configurable number of periodic outputs Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 16:43:23 +0100 Message-ID: <20140204154323.GA2815@netboy> References: <1391503942-694-1-git-send-email-stefan.sorensen@spectralink.com> <20140204092939.GA9862@netboy> <1391511238.3003.25.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> <1391527464.7871.15.camel@e37108.spectralink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: "ben@decadent.org.uk" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: =?iso-8859-1?B?U/hyZW5zZW4s?= Stefan Return-path: Received: from mail-ea0-f176.google.com ([209.85.215.176]:58760 "EHLO mail-ea0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754073AbaBDPnj (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Feb 2014 10:43:39 -0500 Received: by mail-ea0-f176.google.com with SMTP id h14so4412026eaj.21 for ; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 07:43:38 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1391527464.7871.15.camel@e37108.spectralink.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 03:24:27PM +0000, S=F8rensen, Stefan wrote: >=20 > I would definitely prefer the DT approach. On all the platforms I hav= e > used, the GPIO configuration has been set in stone by the HW. But the= re > 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