linux-kernel - Re: [RFC net-next PATCH v2 1/2] net/fsl: add ACPI support for mdio bus

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VenEkAQ5OWtj90ij3KXTM4ZQg28Q9b_TCBwGnyC6YQKSg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 18 Apr 2020 14:50:01 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@....nxp.com>, linux.cj@...il.com,
        Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Cristi Sovaiala <cristian.sovaiala@....com>,
        Florin Laurentiu Chiculita <florinlaurentiu.chiculita@....com>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>,
        Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....nxp.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
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        Diana Madalina Craciun <diana.craciun@....com>,
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        Makarand Pawagi <makarand.pawagi@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next PATCH v2 1/2] net/fsl: add ACPI support for mdio bus

On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 2:41 PM Russell King - ARM Linux admin
<linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 04:24:31PM +0530, Calvin Johnson wrote:

> You seem to be duplicating the OF implementation in a private driver,
> converting it to fwnode.  This is not how we develop the Linux kernel.
> We fix subsystem problems by fixing the subsystems, not by throwing
> what should be subsystem code into private drivers.

I didn't dive into the details, but I feel same way.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko