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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/phy.c11
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index d0626bf5c540..ac1dcf0289fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
#include <linux/ethtool.h>
#include <linux/phy.h>
#include <linux/phy_led_triggers.h>
-#include <linux/timer.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/mdio.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
@@ -705,8 +704,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_start_aneg);
*
* Description: The PHY infrastructure can run a state machine
* which tracks whether the PHY is starting up, negotiating,
- * etc. This function starts the timer which tracks the state
- * of the PHY. If you want to maintain your own state machine,
+ * etc. This function starts the delayed workqueue which tracks
+ * the state of the PHY. If you want to maintain your own state machine,
* do not call this function.
*/
void phy_start_machine(struct phy_device *phydev)
@@ -737,9 +736,9 @@ void phy_trigger_machine(struct phy_device *phydev, bool sync)
* phy_stop_machine - stop the PHY state machine tracking
* @phydev: target phy_device struct
*
- * Description: Stops the state machine timer, sets the state to UP
- * (unless it wasn't up yet). This function must be called BEFORE
- * phy_detach.
+ * Description: Stops the state machine delayed workqueue, sets the
+ * state to UP (unless it wasn't up yet). This function must be
+ * called BEFORE phy_detach.
*/
void phy_stop_machine(struct phy_device *phydev)
{