2018-01-22 15:43 GMT+01:00 Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 09:35:25AM -0500, David Miller wrote: >> From: Marcin Wojtas <mw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:00:37 +0100 >> >> > There's a discussion about the ACPI vs generic MDIO/PHY change under >> > initial version of the patchset, however the patches in question were >> > for now abandoned from further re-sends. >> >> But doesn't the results of that discussion determine whether the way ACPI >> is being used in this patch series is what we want to do or not? > > Hi David > > The patches submitted here don't involve any ACPI for MDIO or PHY. It > is all MAC. And it is using standard ACPI primitives for devices, > nothing new. > > It is not setting any precedence for MDIO and PHY. That is totally out > of scope for these patches. Whatever is decided for MDIO and PHY can > be added later. > Indeed, generic helper routines will be used in drivers (net and others) and the mvpp2 with this patchset is ready to whatever shape MDIO+ACPI goes in future, so there will be no need to revert any changes there. Best regards, Marcin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
