Re: [PATCH] net: fec: generate warning when using deprecated phy reset

[Fabio Estevam]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 1:49 PM Lucas Stach <l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 18.07.2019, 10:34 -0400 schrieb Sven Van Asbroeck:
> > Allowing the fec to reset its PHY via the phy-reset-gpios
> > devicetree property is deprecated. To improve developer
> > awareness, generate a warning whenever the deprecated
> > property is used.
>
> Not really a fan of this. This will cause existing DTs, which are
> provided by the firmware in an ideal world and may not change at the
> same rate as the kernel, to generate a warning with new kernels. Not
> really helpful from the user experience point of view.

I agree. I don't think this warning is useful.