netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: Associate device node with fixed PHY

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:00:01 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vikas Singh <vikas.singh@...esoftware.com>
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, calvin.johnson@....nxp.com,
        kuldip.dwivedi@...esoftware.com, madalin.bucur@....nxp.com,
        vikas.singh@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: Associate device node with fixed PHY

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 05:43:20PM +0530, Vikas Singh wrote:
> This patch will extend "struct fixed_phy_status" by adding new
> "struct device *dev" member entry in it.
> This change will help to handle the fixed phy registration in
> ACPI probe case for fwnodes.

Hi Vikas

Please could you tell us more about your use cases. It seems that
using ACPI on ARM is limited to SBSA/SBSA system. It is not clear to
me why you would need a fixed-link PHY on such a system.

   Andrew