[PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: imx6qdl-gw5904: add internal mdio nodes

[Tim Harvey]

On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 11:15 AM Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean at nxp.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 11:10:45AM -0800, Tim Harvey wrote:
> > before adding the internal PHY nodes it works fine so no backporting
> > needed. I just don't want to add the complete/unambiguous dt-bindings
> > until your patch lands as at that point it would otherwise be broken.
>
> Right, but there is some debate on whether device tree updates should
> require new kernel or not. Since in this case, kernels 5.18 and newer
> can trivially support the updated device trees with this change, I think
> it would be silly not to let it be backported. As for older kernels, it
> really depends on what the board ships with.

I see. So then your patch should be backported to when the phy
validation was added which would be d4ebf12bcec4 ("net: dsa:
mv88e6xxx: populate supported_interfaces and mac_capabilities") then
right?

Best Regards,

Tim