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

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Date:   Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:52:23 -0300
From:   Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:     Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>,
        Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@....com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: generate warning when using deprecated phy reset

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 1:49 PM Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de> wrote:
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 18.07.2019, 10:34 -0400 schrieb Sven Van Asbroeck:
> > 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.
>
> Not really a fan of this. This will cause existing DTs, which are
> provided by the firmware in an ideal world and may not change at the
> same rate as the kernel, to generate a warning with new kernels. Not
> really helpful from the user experience point of view.

I agree. I don't think this warning is useful.