[PATCH RESEND net-next v6 2/7] net: stmmac: qcom-ethqos: use generic device properties

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 01:36:53PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 11:15:41AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl at kernel.org>
> > > >
> > > > In order to drop the dependency on CONFIG_OF, convert all device property
> > > > getters from OF-specific to generic device properties and stop pulling
> > > > in any linux/of.h symbols.
> > >
> > > Is the intention to read these properties from ACPI tables?
> > >
> >
> > No. Other than a couple property getters which can use the fwnode
> > abstraction, there's nothing here that requires the OF dependence.
>
> So what is the need for not using OF? Why do you want this patch?
>

We've had a higher-level abstraction for OF nodes for years now. Since
I'm already touching the driver, it makes sense to switch to using it,
as OF-centric APIs are not recommended in new code even if it's an
OF-only driver.

Bartosz