Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/4] net: mdio: support dynamic OF device changes
James Hilliard <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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