netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/4] of: phy: Warn about unexpected fixed-links in of_mdiobus

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Date:   Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:51:31 +0200
From:   Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        kernel@...gutronix.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org, mdf@...nel.org,
        Brad Mouring <brad.mouring@...com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] of: phy: Warn about unexpected fixed-links in
 of_mdiobus_register

On 08/20/2018 03:37 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> We should be more specific than "device tree". It is actually the "mdio bus subtree".

I wasn't sure if there are more drivers that call of_mdiobus_register for the MAC node.
I'll update the message.

> Is this patch on its own sufficient to fix your regression? Ideally we
> want one small patch which we can add to stable to fix the regression,
> and then all the new functionality goes into net-next.

This patch (or at least the fixed version in v3) only replaces the MDIO bus scan for
fixed-links with a warning. Patch 1/4 (the one Cc:ing stable) suffices to fix the regression.