Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] fm-eth: Add ability for board code to disable a port

14 Sep 2011


      Dear Kumar Gala,
In message 1316020387-6252-1-git-send-email-galak@kernel.crashing.org you wrote:
...
The SoC configuration may have more ports enabled than a given board
actually can utilize.  Add a routinue that allows the board code to
disable a port that it knows isn't being used.
I don't get it.  If you know you are not using / able to use a
specific port, then why do you enable it in the first place?
First creating a mess and then needing extra code to clean it up seems
.... well, let's say suboptimal to me.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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