From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Florian Fainelli Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: networking: dsa: Remove platform device TODO Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 15:34:20 -0700 Message-ID: <1472337260-7467-1-git-send-email-f.fainelli@gmail.com> Cc: davem@davemloft.net, andrew@lunn.ch, vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com, Florian Fainelli To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-oi0-f66.google.com ([209.85.218.66]:35505 "EHLO mail-oi0-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754209AbcH0We0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Aug 2016 18:34:26 -0400 Received: by mail-oi0-f66.google.com with SMTP id e80so9555748oig.2 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2016 15:34:25 -0700 (PDT) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Since commit 83c0afaec7b7 ("net: dsa: Add new binding implementation"), the shortcomings of the dsa platform device have been addressed, remove that TODO item. Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli --- Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt | 20 -------------------- 1 file changed, 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt index 44ed453ccf66..a4e55c76d371 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt @@ -587,26 +587,6 @@ of DSA, would be the its port-based VLAN, used by the associated bridge device. TODO ==== -The platform device problem ---------------------------- -DSA is currently implemented as a platform device driver which is far from ideal -as was discussed in this thread: - -http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/329848 - -This basically prevents the device driver model to be properly used and applied, -and support non-MDIO, non-MMIO Ethernet connected switches. - -Another problem with the platform device driver approach is that it prevents the -use of a modular switch drivers build due to a circular dependency, illustrated -here: - -http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/345803 - -Attempts of reworking this has been done here: - -https://lwn.net/Articles/643149/ - Making SWITCHDEV and DSA converge towards an unified codebase ------------------------------------------------------------- -- 2.7.4