Re: [PATCH 05/15] net: phy: reset the PHY even if probe() is not implemented

On 6/22/20 2:37 AM, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

From: Bartosz Golaszewski <redacted>

Currently we only call phy_device_reset() if the PHY driver implements
the probe() callback. This is not mandatory and many drivers (e.g.
realtek) don't need probe() for most devices but still can have reset
GPIOs defined. There's no reason to depend on the presence of probe()
here so pull the reset code out of the if clause.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <redacted>

OK, but now let's imagine that a PHY device has two or more reset lines,
one of them is going to be managed by the core PHY library and the rest
is going to be under the responsibility of the PHY driver, that does not
sound intuitive or convenient at all. This is a hypothetical case, but
it could conceivable happen, so how about adding a flag to the driver
that says "let me manage it a all"?
-- 
Florian