From: Benedikt Spranger <b.spranger@linutronix.de>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: Vasilij Strassheim <v.strassheim@linutronix.de>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Martin Kaistra <martin.kaistra@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: net: dsa: Add SoC-e switch IP and DSA bindings
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:04:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260810090453.77e896a5@mitra> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cce12342-8352-4e59-a646-1a1cd1054f7d@lunn.ch>
Am Sun, 9 Aug 2026 18:52:42 +0200
schrieb Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>:
> > > Does any of this surrounding logic need software?
> > In our case: No.
>
> Great, you have a nice simple integration.
At least for now. The backing project has an estimated service livespan
of 25 years - bad things may come...
*knock on wood*
> But stmmac shows us, integrators do often put additional things around
> the stmmac core.
I am aware of this freak show.
> So you should keep in mind that others will add extra things around
> this device. Is that going to cause an issue?
Hopefully not. But I am well aware of: "If you can fix it in software,
It is not a hardware problem..."
> Can they do that without breaking your device?
Hopefully yes.
> Spend a little bit of time thinking about this.
We will spend some time and discussing the bindings. Especially with
the background of the STMAC. More on that in next version.
Thanks for the input.
Bene
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-10 7:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-29 16:36 [PATCH 0/4] net: dsa: Add SoC-e DSA driver Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-29 16:36 ` [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add soce Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-30 8:50 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-08-03 16:03 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-29 16:36 ` [PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: net: dsa: Add SoC-e switch IP and DSA bindings Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-29 17:11 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-03 15:29 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-08-03 16:35 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-05 12:33 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-29 18:07 ` Rob Herring (Arm)
2026-08-03 15:47 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-30 8:56 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-08-03 16:15 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-08-03 16:43 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-05 12:40 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-08-05 12:53 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-05 13:17 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-08-05 13:32 ` Benedikt Spranger
2026-08-05 13:53 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-05 14:27 ` Benedikt Spranger
2026-08-06 13:35 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-06 15:25 ` Benedikt Spranger
2026-08-09 16:52 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-10 7:04 ` Benedikt Spranger [this message]
2026-08-04 6:25 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-08-05 13:03 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-30 8:56 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-08-03 16:16 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-30 16:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-03 16:35 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-29 16:36 ` [PATCH 3/4] net: dsa: Add support for SoC-e SDSA tags Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-29 17:22 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-03 15:37 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-08-03 16:46 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-05 12:47 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-30 16:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-03 16:52 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-29 16:36 ` [PATCH 4/4] net: dsa: soce: Add initial driver support for MRS switches Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-29 17:31 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-03 15:40 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-29 20:05 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-03 16:01 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-08-03 16:49 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-05 12:48 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-30 9:01 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-08-03 16:23 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-30 16:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-03 16:44 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-07-29 16:56 ` [PATCH 0/4] net: dsa: Add SoC-e DSA driver Andrew Lunn
2026-08-03 15:22 ` Vasilij Strassheim
2026-08-03 16:32 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-05 12:28 ` Vasilij Strassheim
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