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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
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