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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Enable smsc911x for use with ACPI
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From: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:06:25 -0500

> This set of patches enables the front Ethernet port on the
> ARM Juno development platform when used with an ACPI enabled kernel.
> 
> These patches covert the of_property* calls in the driver to the
> DT/ACPI agnostic device_property* calls, and add the arm hardware
> id to the acpi_match_table.
> 
> To support the above changes I copied a couple routines from
> of_net into the properties.c file, and modified them to
> be ACPI/DT agnostic. I'm not 100% sure this is the correct location
> for these functions. But I think they are required to avoid having
> a dozen different implementations scattered across assorted Ethernet
> adapters that are being enabled to use ACPI properties.

I realize that there are still some rinkles to work out, but I applied
this patch series as-is to net-next, and any fixups should be
submitted as followups.

Thanks.