netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bcmgenet: remove unused platform code

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Message-ID: <aO5Mgy4VLgtQ2ErN@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:13:39 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
	Broadcom internal kernel review list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bcmgenet: remove unused platform code

On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 08:02:47AM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> This effectively reverts b0ba512e25d7 ("net: bcmgenet: enable driver to
> work without a device tree"). There has never been an in-tree user of
> struct bcmgenet_platform_data, all devices use OF or ACPI.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

I'm actually kind of surprised platform driver support was added as
recently as 2014. But I guess there was a reason at the time.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>