netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: drop clocks unused by Ethernet driver

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Message-ID: <20240729190634.33c50e2a@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:06:34 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Matthias Brugger
 <matthias.bgg@...il.com>, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
 <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: drop clocks unused
 by Ethernet driver

On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:23 +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.
> 
> The clocks which are being removed for this patch are responsible for
> the for the SerDes PCS and PHYs used for the 2nd and 3rd MAC which are
> anyway not yet supported. Hence backwards compatibility is not an issue.

What user visible issue is it fixing, then?