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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:50:13 +0000
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Subject: Re: [net-next: PATCH v4 2/8] net: mdio: switch fixed-link PHYs API
 to fwnode_
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On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 06:34:14PM +0100, Marcin Wojtas wrote:
> fixed-link PHYs API is used by DSA and a number of drivers
> and was depending on of_. Switch to fwnode_ so to make it
> hardware description agnostic and allow to be used in ACPI
> world as well.

Would it be better to let the fixed-link PHY die, and have everyone use
the more flexible fixed link implementation in phylink?

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