netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: drop clocks unused by Ethernet driver

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Message-ID: <125775a6-42f2-4294-9593-518ad6c852f7@lunn.ch>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:35:16 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>, Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
	Mark Lee <Mark-MC.Lee@...iatek.com>,
	Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: drop clocks unused by
 Ethernet driver

On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 02:04:02PM +0100, Daniel Golle wrote:
> Clocks for SerDes and PHY are going to be handled by standalone drivers
> for each of those hardware components. Drop them from the Ethernet driver.

Please could you explain in more details how this does not break
backwards compatibility. Should there also be a depends on, to ensure
the new driver is loaded? Will old DT blobs still work?

Thanks
	Andrew