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

From: Andrew Lunn

Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 15:17:03 EST


On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 12:48:43PM -0600, James Hilliard wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I guess it can also be used like this for live dt modification:
> >
> > A guess is not good enough. Give us a concrete, in kernel use cases.
>
> I searched the current tree for callers of the OF changeset and
> overlay APIs and for OF reconfiguration notifiers. I did not find a
> current in-tree path which adds or removes a child below an already
> registered MDIO bus.

So lets wait for a real user to come along.

Andrew