netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-phy: clarify when compatible must specify PHY ID

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Message-ID: <a16259c4-b27b-4260-b99c-aed888b99f13@lunn.ch>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 14:19:01 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Buday Csaba <buday.csaba@...lan.hu>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	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,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-phy: clarify when
 compatible must specify PHY ID

On Mon, Nov 03, 2025 at 09:13:42AM +0100, Buday Csaba wrote:
> Change PHY ID description in ethernet-phy.yaml to clarify that a
> PHY ID is required (may -> must) when the PHY requires special
> initialization sequence.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20251026212026.GA2959311-robh@kernel.org/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/aQIZvDt5gooZSTcp@debianbuilder/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Buday Csaba <buday.csaba@...lan.hu>

Please always start a new thread for each version of a patch. The CI
probably just sees this as a comment made to the previous version, and
so has probably not tested it.

Given that you have only changed some DT binding text, it is however
likely safe.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew