From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@foss.st.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] arm64: dts: ls1043a-qds: switch to new fixed-link binding
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 22:27:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aLNst1V_OSlvpC3t@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fe4c021d-c188-4fc2-8b2f-9c3c269056eb@gmail.com>
On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 12:27:23PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> The old array-type fixed-link binding has been deprecated
> for more than 10 yrs. Switch to the new binding.
... and the fact we have device trees that use it today means that we
can't remove support for it from the kernel.
I think it would make sense to update the dts files, and add a noisy
warning when we detect that it's being used to prevent future usage.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-30 21:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-30 10:26 [PATCH net-next 0/5] net: phy: remove support for deprecated array-style fixed-link binding Heiner Kallweit
2025-08-30 10:27 ` [PATCH net-next 1/5] arm64: dts: ls1043a-qds: switch to new " Heiner Kallweit
2025-08-30 15:40 ` kernel test robot
2025-08-30 21:27 ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
2025-08-30 21:39 ` Heiner Kallweit
2025-08-30 21:44 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2025-09-01 19:39 ` Heiner Kallweit
2025-09-01 22:47 ` Andrew Lunn
2025-08-30 10:28 ` [PATCH net-next 2/5] ARM: dts: ls1021a: " Heiner Kallweit
2025-08-30 15:41 ` kernel test robot
2025-08-30 10:28 ` [PATCH net-next 3/5] ARM: dts: st: " Heiner Kallweit
2025-08-30 10:29 ` [PATCH net-next 4/5] net: mdio: remove support for old " Heiner Kallweit
2025-08-30 10:31 ` [PATCH net-next 5/5] net: phy: phylink: remove support for deprecated " Heiner Kallweit
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