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

- From: James Hilliard \<james.hilliard1@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2026-08-07 19:34:08 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17384841
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17379650/t.md

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On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM Andrew Lunn [ref] wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 12:48:43PM -0600, James Hilliard wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM Andrew Lunn [ref] wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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
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