Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] Revert "dt-bindings: marvell,prestera: Add description for device-tree bindings"

Krzysztof Kozlowski
2022-11-27T21:15:29Z

On 24/11/2022 12:15, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> This reverts commit 40acc05271abc2852c32622edbebd75698736b9b.
>
> marvell,prestera.txt is an old file describing the old Alleycat3
> standalone switches. The commit mentioned above actually hacked these
> bindings to add support for a device tree property for a more modern
> version of the IP connected over PCI, using only the generic compatible
> in order to retrieve the device node from the prestera driver to read
> one static property.
>
> The problematic property discussed here is "base-mac-provider". The
> original intent was to point to a nvmem device which could produce the
> relevant nvmem-cell. This property has never been acked by DT
> maintainers and fails all the layering that has been brought with the nvmem

It's funnier - it was never sent to DT maintainers nor to the
devicetree@ list. :(

Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof