netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/6] dt-bindings: net: remove outdated hisilicon-femac

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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:50:30 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: forbidden405@...look.com, Yisen Zhuang <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
 Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
 Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/6] dt-bindings: net: remove outdated
 hisilicon-femac

On 22/02/2024 13:43, Yang Xiwen via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Yang Xiwen <forbidden405@...look.com>
> 
> The user documented(Hi3516) is not found in current kernel anymore. And
> it seems this SoC has been EOL for a long time. While at it, Remove this
> binding entirely due to recent driver changes.

This removes documented compatibles, which:
1. should cause checkpatch issues,
2. is not what we want.

Driver is still there, so first the driver would have to be removed...
but then why do you add it immediately back? No, it does not work like that.

Best regards,
Krzysztof