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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:06:34 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>, Sean Wang <sean.wang@mediatek.com>, Mark
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: drop clocks unused
 by Ethernet driver
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On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:23 +0100 Daniel Golle wrote:
> Clocks for SerDes and PHY are going to be handled by standalone drivers
> for each of those hardware components. Drop them from the Ethernet driver.
> 
> The clocks which are being removed for this patch are responsible for
> the for the SerDes PCS and PHYs used for the 2nd and 3rd MAC which are
> anyway not yet supported. Hence backwards compatibility is not an issue.

What user visible issue is it fixing, then?