netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-phy: remove eee-broken flags which have never had a user

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Message-ID: <656734d5-cf55-4ccb-8704-2f87a06fd042@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:29:48 +0200
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
 Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
 "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
 "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-phy: remove
 eee-broken flags which have never had a user

On 28.04.2025 09:42, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 09:55:55PM GMT, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> These flags have never had a user, so remove support for them.
> 
> They have no in-kernel user, but what about all out of tree users in
> kernel and other projects using bindings?
> 
I doubt there's any user outside the kernel. But it's hard to prove
that something does not exist. For my understanding:
What would be the needed proof to consider removal of these
flag bindings safe?

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 
Heiner