From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: dsa: Platform data for dsa2.c Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 06:12:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20160629.061201.2186992042260603628.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1467075163-15890-1-git-send-email-f.fainelli@gmail.com> <20160628010551.GD26597@lunn.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: andrew@lunn.ch, netdev@vger.kernel.org, vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com To: f.fainelli@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:39738 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751160AbcF2KMc (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2016 06:12:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Florian Fainelli Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:19:28 -0700 > 2016-06-27 18:05 GMT-07:00 Andrew Lunn : >> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 05:52:37PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> This patch series adds support for platform data using the new code from >>> net/dsa/dsa2.c. The motivation behind this is that we have a bit of in tree >>> platforms (ar7, bcm47xx, x86, others) that could be benefiting from the new >>> dsa_register_switch() API model but do not support Device Tree, nor is there a >>> plan to bring Device Tree to these platforms (time vs. benefits). >> >> Hi Florian >> >> Please could you convert an in tree device to actually use this. > > Sure, I don't think there are going to be in tree users who need the > dsa2_port_link information most of what we have is typically single > chip, and so in that case, we can even re-use the existing > dsa_platform_data. I assume therefore that this series will be resubmitted with an accompanying example in-tree conversion.