Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/6] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: qca8k: rmon: Add RMU support

["Marek Behún" <kabel@kernel.org>]

On Tue,  6 Sep 2022 08:34:44 +0200
Mattias Forsblad <mattias.forsblad@gmail.com> wrote:

> The Marvell SOHO switches have the ability to receive and transmit
> Remote Management Frames (Frame2Reg) to the CPU through the
> attached network interface.
> This is handled by the Remote Management Unit (RMU) in the switch
> These frames can contain different payloads:
> single switch register read and writes, daisy chained switch
> register read and writes, RMON/MIB dump/dump clear and ATU dump.
> The dump functions are very costly over MDIO but it's
> only a couple of network packets via the RMU.
> 
> Next step could be to implement ATU dump.
> We've found that the gain to use RMU for single register
> read and writes is neglible.
> 
> qca8k
> =====
> There's a newly introduced convenience function for sending
> and waiting for frames. Changes have been made for the qca8k
> driver to use this. Please test for regressions.
> 
> RFC -> v1:
>   - Track master interface availability.
>   - Validate destination MAC for incoming frames.
>   - Rate limit outputs.
>   - Cleanup setup function validating upstream port on switch.
>   - Fix return values when setting up RMU.
>   - Prefix defines correctly.
>   - Fix aligned accesses.
>   - Validate that switch exists for incoming frames.
>   - Split RMON stats function.
> 
> v1 -> v2:
>   - Remove unused variable.
> 
> v2 -> v3:
>   - Rewrite after feedback. Use tagger_data to handle
>     frames more like qca8k.
>   - qca8k: Change to use convenience functions introduced.
>     Requesting test of this.
>     
> v3 -> v4:
>   - Separated patches more granular.
>   
> Regards,
> Mattias Forsblad

Nitpick: in subject, the order of components separated by ':' infers
hierarchy, so your subject
  net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: qca8k: rmon: Add RMU support
means:
  component net
    subcompoment dsa
      subcomponent mv88e6xxx
        subcomponent qca8k (this is wrong since qca8k is separate
                            driver, not a subcomponent of mv88e6xxx)

You should use ',' to separate mv88e6xxx and qca8k, something like
  net: dsa: mv88e6xxx, qca8k: rmon: Add RMU support

Since this is not an actual patch, but instead a cover letter only,
it's not a problem (at least not for me). But please try not to do it
in actual patches.

Marek