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From: Michael Schwingen <rincewind@discworld.dascon.de>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:38:54 +0100
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] ARM: add support of
 CONFIG_LAST_STAGE_INIT for arm
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Haavard Skinnemoen wrote:
> It should probably initialize the PHY interface (i.e. the MDIO
> interface) early, but I agree that it should delay initializing the
> actual PHY until it is needed.
>   
That may depend on board/PHY: on some PHYs, the LED pin functions need 
to be set in software, so on power-up the ethernet LEDs may light up and 
display bogus states, so I would prefer to configure that early, even if 
the port is not used.

cu
Michael