Re: [PATCH 4/8] net: bcmgenet: use platform_device_set_fwnode()

[Florian Fainelli]

On 7/20/26 07:38, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 11:24:51AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > Prefer the higher-level platform_device_set_fwnode() over the
> > OF-specific platform_device_set_of_node() for dynamically allocated
> > platform devices.
>
> Why?
>
> This driver is OF only. It does not support ACPI, and probably never
> will. In general, networking and ACPI don't go together, ACPI is not
> sufficiently advanced.
>
> What is you use case here?

The driver has been, or was used on ACPI-based platforms:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=99c6b06a37d4cab118c45448fef9d28df62d35d8
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Florian

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