netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v7 1/6] Documentation: ACPI: DSD: Document MDIO PHY

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Message-ID: <20200731151444.GI1712415@lunn.ch>
Date:   Fri, 31 Jul 2020 17:14:44 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Dan Callaghan <dan.callaghan@...ngear.com>,
        Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>,
        Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@....nxp.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, Jon <jon@...id-run.com>,
        Cristi Sovaiala <cristian.sovaiala@....com>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>,
        Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....nxp.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "linux.cj" <linux.cj@...il.com>,
        linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v7 1/6] Documentation: ACPI: DSD: Document MDIO
 PHY

> > > DT can be used on x86, and i suspect it is a much easier path of least
> > > resistance.
> >
> > And you can easily overlay Device Tree to an existing system by using
> > either a full Device Tree overlay (dtbo) or using CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC and
> > creating nodes on the fly.
> 
> Why do you need DT on a system that runs without it and Linux has all
> means to extend to cover a lot of stuff DT provides for other types of
> firmware nodes?

As i said, path of least resistance. It is here today, heavily used,
well understood by lots of network developers, has a very active
maintainer in the form of Rob Herring, and avoids 'showflakes' as
Florian likes to call it, so we are all sharing the same code,
providing a lot of testing and maintenance.

	  Andrew