netdev - Re: [net-next: PATCH v4 2/8] net: mdio: switch fixed-link PHYs API to fwnode

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:50:13 +0000
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, rafael@...nel.org,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, sean.wang@...iatek.com,
        Landen.Chao@...iatek.com, linus.walleij@...aro.org, andrew@...n.ch,
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        pabeni@...hat.com, hkallweit1@...il.com, jaz@...ihalf.com,
        tn@...ihalf.com, Samer.El-Haj-Mahmoud@....com
Subject: Re: [net-next: PATCH v4 2/8] net: mdio: switch fixed-link PHYs API
 to fwnode_

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 06:34:14PM +0100, Marcin Wojtas wrote:
> fixed-link PHYs API is used by DSA and a number of drivers
> and was depending on of_. Switch to fwnode_ so to make it
> hardware description agnostic and allow to be used in ACPI
> world as well.

Would it be better to let the fixed-link PHY die, and have everyone use
the more flexible fixed link implementation in phylink?

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