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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [v4] wiznet: convert to GPIO descriptors
On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 05:17:24PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2026, at 16:50, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 04:28:29PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >>
> >> The CONFIG_WIZNET_BUS_SHIFT value was apparently meant to be set
> >> at compile time to a machine specific value. This was always broken
> >> for multiplatform configurations with conflicting requirements, and
> >> in the mainline kernel it was set to 0 anyway. Leave it defined
> >> locally as 0 but rename it to something without the CONFIG_ prefix.
> >>
> >> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> >
> > Well, 3 years later and I'm a bit grumpier seeing .txt binding
> > additions. A new compatible plus new property we generally require
> > converting the binding first. But I'm not going to revoke my ack here.
> >
> > Is there even a known user for this new compatible?
>
> No, I'm not aware of any users neither the old nor the new
> compatible, it only popped up from my backlog of patches
> because of its usage of legacy GPIOs. From what I can
> tell, the only users of the non-DT MMIO interface were
> out of tree arch/blackfin/ boards.

I would suggest giving Nicolas Saenz Julienne time to speak up. If
Nicolas does not require it any more, i suggest removing it. That fits
with what we are trying to do at the moment in netdev, remove old
drivers.

Andrew

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