From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Lunn Subject: Re: [net-next RFC/PATCH] net: nixge: Make mdio child node optional Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 15:58:54 +0100 Message-ID: <20190204145854.GD22111@lunn.ch> References: <20190202025048.14772-1-mdf@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190202025048.14772-1-mdf@kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Moritz Fischer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, alex.williams@ni.com, Rob Herring List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 06:50:48PM -0800, Moritz Fischer wrote: > Make MDIO child optional and only instantiate the > MDIO bus if the child is actually present. > > There are currently no (in-tree) users of this > binding; all (out-of-tree) users use overlays that > get shipped together with the FPGA images that contain > the IP. > > This will significantly increase maintainabilty > of future revisions of this IP. > > Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer > Cc: Andrew Lunn > Cc: Rob Herring Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Andrew