Dear Detlev Zundel,
In message m2tys4k0c8.fsf@ohwell.denx.de you wrote:
The question to me is why fec_probe() is called at all, even in cases where U-Boot does not use any network related commands. This is IMO wrong. Eventually somebody comes up with patches to fix this?
As I said before, this is documented in doc/README.drivers.eth. If you want to change this, then maybe one should first fix the documentation
I think the documentation should be changed when the code gets changed, not sooner nor later.
to know what is actually wanted. I certainly have lost track of what is wanted and what is sensible.
We do not want to touch interfaces that we don't use. If we don't use Ethernet in U-Boot, there is no need to probe or initialize it.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk