From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756693AbcBHVvn (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Feb 2016 16:51:43 -0500 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([178.209.37.122]:52381 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756614AbcBHVvl (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Feb 2016 16:51:41 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 22:51:38 +0100 From: Andrew Lunn To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Bernhard Walle , fabio.estevam@freescale.com, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: Add "phy-reset-active-low" property to DT Message-ID: <20160208215138.GB13673@lunn.ch> References: <1454962873-1941-1-git-send-email-bernhard@bwalle.de> <3171793.SonfZDNmtV@wuerfel> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3171793.SonfZDNmtV@wuerfel> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > > > > 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