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

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Date:   Mon, 3 Aug 2020 14:57:42 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     "Madalin Bucur (OSS)" <madalin.bucur@....nxp.com>
Cc:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Vikas Singh <vikas.singh@...esoftware.com>,
        "f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "hkallweit1@...il.com" <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Calvin Johnson (OSS)" <calvin.johnson@....nxp.com>,
        kuldip dwivedi <kuldip.dwivedi@...esoftware.com>,
        Vikas Singh <vikas.singh@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: Associate device node with fixed PHY

> I see you agree that there were and there will be many changes for a while,
> It's not a complaint, I know hot it works, it's just a decision based on
> required effort vs features offered vs user requirements. Lately it's been
> time consuming to try to fix things in this area.

So the conclusion to all this that you are unwilling to use the
correct API for this, which would be phylink, and the SFP code.  So:

NACK

	Andrew