netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 05/10] net: dsa: qca8k: skip MDIO bus creation if its OF node has status = "disabled"

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Message-ID: <0de4cc6f-82fe-4c02-996c-a7d4a96a8d62@broadcom.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 09:38:43 -0800
From: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
To: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
 Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>,
 Alvin Šipraga <alsi@...g-olufsen.dk>,
 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
 Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>, Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>,
 Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 05/10] net: dsa: qca8k: skip MDIO bus creation if
 its OF node has status = "disabled"

On 1/4/24 06:00, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Currently the driver calls the non-OF devm_mdiobus_register() rather
> than devm_of_mdiobus_register() for this case, but it seems to rather
> be a confusing coincidence, and not a real use case that needs to be
> supported.
> 
> If the device tree says status = "disabled" for the MDIO bus, we
> shouldn't need an MDIO bus at all. Instead, just exit as early as
> possible and do not call any MDIO API.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
-- 
Florian

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