| Date | Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:08:11 +0200 | From | Andrew Lunn <> | Subject | Re: [net-next: PATCH 08/12] ACPI: scan: prevent double enumeration of MDIO bus children |
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 05:02:21PM +0200, Marcin Wojtas wrote: > The MDIO bus is responsible for probing and registering its respective > children, such as PHYs or other kind of devices. > > It is required that ACPI scan code should not enumerate such > devices, leaving this task for the generic MDIO bus routines, > which are initiated by the controller driver.
I suppose the question is, should you ignore the ACPI way of doing things, or embrace the ACPI way?
At least please add a comment why the ACPI way is wrong, despite this being an ACPI binding.
Andrew
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