netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: phy: print warning if usage of deprecated array-style fixed-link binding is detected

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Message-ID: <20250912163151.36bcee29@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:31:51 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: phy: print warning if usage of
 deprecated array-style fixed-link binding is detected

On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 07:31:19 +0200 Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 9/11/2025 9:18 PM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > The array-style fixed-link binding has been marked deprecated for more
> > than 10 yrs, but still there's a number of users. Print a warning when
> > usage of the deprecated binding is detected.
> > 
> > v2:
> > - use dedicated printk specifiers
> > 
> > Heiner Kallweit (2):
> >   of: mdio: warn if deprecated fixed-link binding is used
> >   net: phylink: warn if deprecated array-style fixed-link binding is
> >     used
> > 
> >  drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c | 2 ++
> >  drivers/net/phy/phylink.c  | 3 +++
> >  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >   
> --
> pw-bot: cr

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