Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] of: mdio: Fall back to mdiobus_register() with NULL device_node

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed May 16 2018 - 14:00:28 EST


Hi David,

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 8:21 PM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 16:56:17 -0700
>
>> This patch series updates of_mdiobus_register() such that when the device_node
>> argument is NULL, it calls mdiobus_register() directly. This is consistent with
>> the behavior of of_mdiobus_register() when CONFIG_OF=n.
>>
>> I only converted the most obvious drivers, there are others that have a much
>> less obvious behavior and specifically attempt to deal with CONFIG_ACPI.
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>>
>> - fixed build error in davincin_mdio.c (Grygorii)
>> - reworked first patch a bit: commit message, subject and removed useless
>> code comment
>
> Based upon Andrew's response to Geert's feedback, I'm applying this series.

Thanks, his feedback made perfect sense.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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