Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/4] net: mdio: support dynamic OF device changes
- From
- Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
- Date
- 2026-08-07 13:16:41
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- imx, linux-omap, linux-pm, linux-usb, lkml, netdev
- Reply to
- James Hilliard, 2026-08-07
On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 09:54:19PM -0600, James Hilliard wrote:
MDIO buses enumerate firmware children only when the bus is registered. A later devicetree overlay or status transition is ignored, unlike on I2C and SPI buses. Supporting live reconfiguration also means that population and removal can race address scanning, PHY attachment and bus teardown.
Please make the bootloader work around the issues, and drop this
patchset.
Andrew