From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: davem@davemloft.net (David Miller)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:44:59 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch
 driver (ESW)
In-Reply-To: <20160226170545.GE12022@lunn.ch>
References: <20160226151813.GD12022@lunn.ch> <56D06E3F.1020100@openwrt.org>
 <20160226170545.GE12022@lunn.ch>
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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:05:45 +0100

> I think it is great a vendor is providing funding to get code
> upstream. However, that code needs to conform with current kernel
> architecture and design philosophy.
> 
> We as a community also need to be consistent. We have recently push
> back on Microchip with there LAN9352 who want to do something very
> similar, introduce the MAC and a very dumb switch driver. They are now
> looking at what it means to do a DSA driver. There is also talk of
> writing a DSA driver for the ks8995 family.
> 
> As David said recently, a year ago this probably would of been
> accepted. But now, switches need to be DSA or switchdev.

+1