[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] ARM: add support of CONFIG_LAST_STAGE_INIT for arm

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Dec 11 23:09:14 CET 2007


In message <475ED93E.2070407 at discworld.dascon.de> you wrote:
> Haavard Skinnemoen wrote:
> > It should probably initialize the PHY interface (i.e. the MDIO
> > interface) early, but I agree that it should delay initializing the
> > actual PHY until it is needed.
> >   
> That may depend on board/PHY: on some PHYs, the LED pin functions need 
> to be set in software, so on power-up the ethernet LEDs may light up and 
> display bogus states, so I would prefer to configure that early, even if 
> the port is not used.

I think that things like this should be done in board specific init
code, then.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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