Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Feb 2016 22:51:38 +0100 | From | Andrew Lunn <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: fec: Add "phy-reset-active-low" property to DT |
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On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 10:46:42PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 08 February 2016 21:21:13 Bernhard Walle wrote: > > We need that for a custom hardware that needs the reverse reset > > sequence. > > > > Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de> > > > > Why can't this be specified in the gpios property?
Backwards compatibility. The flag has always been ignored until now, yet various DTs have a flag value which are active low. If suddenly it worked, various boards would break :-(
Andrew
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