[PATCH v7 3/9] add Freescale SerDes PHY support

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Nov 21 15:05:15 EST 2007


On Nov 20, 2007, at 10:01 PM, Kumar Gala wrote:

>>> Upon further review of all this I don't think this belongs in
>>> the kernel at all.  This is one time setup and should be done
>>> in firmware.
>>
>> I'm ok for it to be taken care of in u-boot for now.  However, if we
>> later plan to add power management support to this block.  We  
>> probably
>> have to do it in kernel.
>
> How does pwr mgmt come into play w/SerDes?

Never mind, if we do add pwr mgmt it looks like all we need to know is  
what SerDes is associated with the device.

- k



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