Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: dsa: make "label" property optional for dsa2

Florian Fainelli
2017-01-09T17:42:12Z

On 01/09/2017 08:06 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 04:45:33PM CET, vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com wrote:
>> Hi Jiri,
>>
>> Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> writes:
>>
>>>> Extra question: shouldn't phys_port_{id,name} be switchdev attributes in
>>>
>>> Again, phys_port_id has nothing to do with switches. Should be removed
>>> from dsa because its use there is incorrect.
>>
>> Florian, since 3a543ef just got in, can it be reverted?
>
> Yes, please revert it. It is only in net-next.

Maybe the use case can be understood before reverting the change. How do
we actually the physical port number of an Ethernet switch per-port
network device? The name is not enough, because there are plenty of
cases where we need to manipulate a physical port number (be it just for
informational purposes).

Should we just amend the existing description of ndo_get_phys_port_id()?
Should we introduce another ndo for that?
--
Florian