Re: [PATCH net-next v1 0/5] net: mdiobus: HIde ACPI implementation

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 03:02:54PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 09:29:51AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > This mini-series is dedicated to hiding ACPI implementation details
> > from the wider users as they (as of today) do not need to know that.
> 
> Please could you expand on that. ACPI != OF. They have different
> bindings, so you need different implementations.

As of today the users that want ACPI also have the OF support. Even without
that if the device is pure ACPI supported one (and somehow never going to DT)
the proposed API (see the first patch) will be no-op in case when CONFIG_ACPI=n
or when it's a non-ACPI platform with no support of the device. Hence, the
pure ACPI (and actually OF as well) do not need to be exposed. The decision is
made based on the type of firmware node.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko