Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757710AbXF3P4h (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:56:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754652AbXF3P41 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:56:27 -0400 Received: from alephnull.demon.nl ([83.160.184.112]:45047 "EHLO xi.wantstofly.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754624AbXF3P40 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:56:26 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1877 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:56:26 EDT DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=1148133259; d=wantstofly.org; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type: content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=EvUuInMA+4HTbozyZXzBHjF3xYMxGqf6yGpsaWXpo/PiM8yuo2utcGZPH18zZ S84haeXfFFekMfBVFwnXXA5SA== Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:25:07 +0200 From: Lennert Buytenhek To: Matthew Garrett Cc: Arjan van de Ven , =?iso-8859-1?B?VPZy9ms=?= Edvin , netdev@vger.kernel.org, power@bughost.org, zambrano@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] b44: power down PHY when interface down Message-ID: <20070630152507.GB2553@xi.wantstofly.org> References: <4354d3270706300447ladcda4by987b1f87963112f9@mail.gmail.com> <20070630120541.GA21339@srcf.ucam.org> <46866C6B.9010801@linux.intel.com> <20070630151923.GA22983@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070630151923.GA22983@srcf.ucam.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 639 Lines: 14 On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 04:19:23PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > I'd agree that there's a need for a state where we power down as much as > possible (even at the cost of functionality), but where possible it > would also be nice to offer a state where the mac is powered down and > the phy left up. There are PHYs which can detect that someone's on the other end even when powered down.. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/