Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/4] net: mdio: support dynamic OF device changes

On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM Andrew Lunn [off-list ref] wrote:

On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 12:48:43PM -0600, James Hilliard wrote:

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On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM Andrew Lunn [off-list ref] wrote:

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I guess it can also be used like this for live dt modification:

A guess is not good enough. Give us a concrete, in kernel use cases.

I searched the current tree for callers of the OF changeset and
overlay APIs and for OF reconfiguration notifiers. I did not find a
current in-tree path which adds or removes a child below an already
registered MDIO bus.

So lets wait for a real user to come along.

So should I just drop the final "net: mdio: support dynamic OF device
changes" patch and keep the MDIO hardening patches?

        Andrew