[PATCH 2/5] dt-bindings: net: Add MTIP L2 switch description (fec,mtip-switch.yaml)

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzk at kernel.org
Tue Mar 25 08:11:00 PDT 2025


On 25/03/2025 16:05, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> +  phy-reset-gpios:
>> +    deprecated: true
>> +    description:
>> +      Should specify the gpio for phy reset.
> 
> It seem odd that a new binding has deprecated properties. Maybe add a
> comment in the commit message as to why they are there. I assume this
> is because you are re-using part of the FEC code as is, and it
> implements them?

Re-using existing driver code should not be a reason to use deprecated
properties, because you can change that common driver parts to support
both: old FEC style and new MTIP-L2-FEC switch.

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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