Hello Stefan,
On 3/7/2012 7:44 PM, Stefan Roese wrote:
On Wednesday 07 March 2012 13:04:02 Amit Virdi wrote:
From: Vipin KUMARvipin.kumar@st.com
Ethernet probing is removed from u-boot compiled as a firmware for spear flashing utility. This enables faster access to usbtty interface as unused ethernet i/f is not initialized.
Ethernet probing should only be done, when the device is really accessed (e.g. by using tftp commands). I know that the current implementation of the designware ethernet driver does this probing (PHY link negotiation etc) unconditionally at startup.
I have a patch in my queue that changes the designware driver to only start probing/auto-negotiating once its really used. I'll rebase my patch on top of your designware rework patches, once they are approved.
With this patch, this patch here should be unnecessary. At least when reading the patch description above.
So is this patch still needed, after my designware net driver rework?
This patch is not required after your patch. I shall be dropping this in V2.
Regards Amit Virdi