netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: remove unused duplicate property snps,axi

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Date:   Sun, 01 Jan 2017 11:55:46 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     niklas.cassel@...s.com
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com, peppe.cavallaro@...com,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, niklass@...s.com, eric@...estrom.ch,
        gabriel.fernandez@...aro.org, manabian@...il.com,
        vpalatin@...omium.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: remove unused duplicate property
 snps,axi_all

From: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:56:46 +0100

> From: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>
> 
> For core revision 3.x Address-Aligned Beats is available in two registers.
> The DT property snps,aal was created for AAL in the DMA bus register,
> which is a read/write bit.
> The DT property snps,axi_all was created for AXI_AAL in the AXI bus mode
> register, which is a read only bit that reflects the value of AAL in the
> DMA bus register.
> 
> Since the value of snps,axi_all is never used in the driver,
> and since the property was created for a bit that is read only,
> it should be safe to remove the property.
> 
> Acked-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>

Applied to net-next, thanks.