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Hi David,

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 8:21 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
> 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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