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From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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Subject: Re: [RFC net-next PATCH v2 2/2] net: dpaa2-mac: Add ACPI support for
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> -	err = phylink_of_phy_connect(mac->phylink, dpmac_node, 0);
> +	if (is_of_node(dpmac_node))
> +		err = phylink_of_phy_connect(mac->phylink,
> +					     to_of_node(dpmac_node), 0);
> +	else if (is_acpi_node(dpmac_node)) {
> +		status = acpi_node_get_property_reference(dpmac_node,
> +							  "phy-handle",
> +							  0, &args);
> +		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> +			goto err_phylink_destroy;
> +		phy_dev = fwnode_phy_find_device(args.fwnode);
> +		if (!phy_dev)
> +			goto err_phylink_destroy;
> +
> +		err = phylink_connect_phy(mac->phylink, phy_dev);
> +		if (err)
> +			phy_detach(phy_dev);

So it looks like you need to add a phylink_fwnode_phy_connect(). And
maybe on top of that you need a phylink_device_phy_connect()?

So please stop. Take a step back, look at how the of_, device_,
fwnode_, and acpi_ abstractions all stack on top of each other, then
propose phylib and phylink core changes to implement these
abstractions.

	Andrew