Re: [PATCH 0/4] arm64: dts: renesas: Fix PHY C22 compatible strings

From: Geert Uytterhoeven

Date: Wed Mar 25 2026 - 10:46:53 EST


Hi Marek,

On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 at 13:37, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 3/16/26 10:11 AM, Biju Das wrote:
> >> There is also Marek's older series ([1][2], as Marek doesn't do cover letters ;-).
>
> You seem to be commenting on a 0/4 cover letter here ...

Ha, the exception to the general rule ;-)

> >> [1] "[PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: renesas: Drop ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22 from PHY compatible string on all
> >> RZ boards"
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/20240630034649.173229-1-marex@xxxxxxx/
> >> [2] "[PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: renesas: Drop ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22 from PHY compatible string on
> >> all RZ boards"
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/20240630034649.173229-2-marex@xxxxxxx
> >
> > I haven't seen these patches.
>
> They are deprecated.
>
> > It does not cover all the SoCs/boards. If Marek want to take over, He can send next version
> > covering all Renesas boards + binding change.
> Isn't this series effectively exactly that ?

I believe we still have e.g. the KSZ8041 and KSZ9031 PHY nodes to fix,
for both RZ and R-Car boards? Some of them were covered by [1] and
[2] above.
Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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