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> Then, do you think it would be better to have a new API part of struct
> mii_bus that drivers should register so that, the mii core to check if the
> bus is idle before lunching a new request?

I'm not sure that actually brings anything useful.  The core does not
benefit from it, and it does not make the driver simpler.

	Andrew