netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] arm64: dts: ls1043a-qds: switch to new fixed-link binding

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Message-ID: <aLNst1V_OSlvpC3t@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 22:27:19 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@...s.st.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] arm64: dts: ls1043a-qds: switch to new
 fixed-link binding

On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 12:27:23PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> The old array-type fixed-link binding has been deprecated
> for more than 10 yrs. Switch to the new binding.

... and the fact we have device trees that use it today means that we
can't remove support for it from the kernel.

I think it would make sense to update the dts files, and add a noisy
warning when we detect that it's being used to prevent future usage.

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