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

[James Hilliard]

On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.

So should I just drop the final "net: mdio: support dynamic OF device
changes" patch and keep the MDIO hardening patches?

>
>         Andrew