linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: fec: generate warning when using deprecated phy reset

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Message-Id: <20190718.120600.607199310950720839.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:06:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     thesven73@...il.com
Cc:     fugang.duan@....com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: generate warning when using deprecated phy
 reset

From: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 10:34:28 -0400

> Allowing the fec to reset its PHY via the phy-reset-gpios
> devicetree property is deprecated. To improve developer
> awareness, generate a warning whenever the deprecated
> property is used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@...il.com>

The device tree documentation in the kernel tree is where information
like this belongs.  Yelling at the user in the kernel logs is not.