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Re: [PATCH 4/8] net: bcmgenet: use platform_device_set_fwnode()

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2026-07-20 14:39:12
Also in: driver-core, imx, linux-arm-msm, linux-i2c, linux-iommu, linux-pm, linux-sound, linuxppc-dev, lkml, netdev

On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 11:24:51AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
Prefer the higher-level platform_device_set_fwnode() over the
OF-specific platform_device_set_of_node() for dynamically allocated
platform devices.
Why?

This driver is OF only. It does not support ACPI, and probably never
will. In general, networking and ACPI don't go together, ACPI is not
sufficiently advanced.

What is you use case here?

	Andrew
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