Subject: Re: [PATCH] MDIO: FSL_PQ_MDIO: Fix bug on incorrect offset of tbipa register

From: Timur Tabi <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:04:11 -0500

Oded Gabbay wrote:
> Note: This patch may break MDIO functionallity of some old Freescale's SoC
> until Freescale will fix their device tree files. Basically, every device tree
> which contains an mdio device that is compatible to "fsl,gianfar-tbi" should be
> examined.

I haven't had a chance to review the patch in detail, but I can tell you 
that breaking compatibility with older device trees is unacceptable.  You 
need to add some code, even if it's an ugly hack, to support those trees.

-- 
Timur Tabi