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: <552b0c26-af9a-4b6e-bbbc-4abf2d8d422d@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:11:22 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
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 22:29, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> 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?
Open source projects you can check at least.

Best regards,
Krzysztof