Re: [net-next: PATCH v4 2/8] net: mdio: switch fixed-link PHYs API to fwnode_

From: Russell King (Oracle)
Date: Mon Jan 16 2023 - 13:05:02 EST


On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 06:34:14PM +0100, Marcin Wojtas wrote:
> fixed-link PHYs API is used by DSA and a number of drivers
> and was depending on of_. Switch to fwnode_ so to make it
> hardware description agnostic and allow to be used in ACPI
> world as well.

Would it be better to let the fixed-link PHY die, and have everyone use
the more flexible fixed link implementation in phylink?

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