Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/4] net: mdio: support dynamic OF device changes

[Andrew Lunn]

On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 09:54:19PM -0600, James Hilliard wrote:
> MDIO buses enumerate firmware children only when the bus is registered. A
> later devicetree overlay or status transition is ignored, unlike on I2C and
> SPI buses. Supporting live reconfiguration also means that population and
> removal can race address scanning, PHY attachment and bus teardown.

Please make the bootloader work around the issues, and drop this
patchset.

	Andrew