Re: [net-next PATCH v1] net: phy: Move of_mdio from drivers/of to drivers/net/mdio

[Florian Fainelli]

On 10/8/2020 7:20 PM, Calvin Johnson wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> On Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 11:35:07AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 9:47 AM Calvin Johnson
> > <calvin.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Better place for of_mdio.c is drivers/net/mdio.
> > > Move of_mdio.c from drivers/of to drivers/net/mdio
> >
> > One thing off my todo list. I'd started this ages ago[1].
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >
> > >   MAINTAINERS                        | 2 +-
> > >   drivers/net/mdio/Kconfig           | 8 ++++++++
> > >   drivers/net/mdio/Makefile          | 2 ++
> > >   drivers/{of => net/mdio}/of_mdio.c | 0
> > >   drivers/of/Kconfig                 | 7 -------
> > >   drivers/of/Makefile                | 1 -
> > >   6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > >   rename drivers/{of => net/mdio}/of_mdio.c (100%)
> >
> > of_mdio.c is really a combination of mdio and phylib functions, so it
> > should be split up IMO. With that, I think you can get rid of
> > CONFIG_OF_MDIO. See my branch[1] for what I had in mind. But that can
> > be done after this if the net maintainers prefer.
> >
> > Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > [1] git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/robh/linux.git dt/move-net
>
> Makes sense to me to split of_mdio.c. I can work on it once my current task
> completes.

If you could take Rob's patches, given then a round of randconfig build 
tests and update the MAINTAINERS file (no more drivers/of/of_mdio.c), 
then this looks like the right approach to me. Thanks!
--
Florian