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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] RFC: net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Register mdio-external
On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 12:35:16AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Make it legal to have a subnode just named "mdio-external"
> and have that be recognized immediately as the external
> MDIO bus, register it and return. Only fallback to the
> old method with a compatible in the external bus node
> if this doesn't work.
>
> This is the result of deprecating the old DT method
> of providing a node "mdio1" with a compatible string.

What is missing from this description is why do you want to deprecate
the old method? What is wrong with it?

Andrew

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