From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Florian Fainelli Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: dsa: Platform data for dsa2.c Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 14:40:28 -0700 Message-ID: <577AD7CC.9010908@gmail.com> References: <1467075163-15890-1-git-send-email-f.fainelli@gmail.com> <20160628010551.GD26597@lunn.ch> <20160629.061201.2186992042260603628.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: andrew@lunn.ch, netdev@vger.kernel.org, vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mail-oi0-f65.google.com ([209.85.218.65]:33036 "EHLO mail-oi0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752253AbcGDVkb (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2016 17:40:31 -0400 Received: by mail-oi0-f65.google.com with SMTP id w141so24994984oia.0 for ; Mon, 04 Jul 2016 14:40:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160629.061201.2186992042260603628.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Le 29/06/2016 03:12, David Miller a =C3=A9crit : > From: Florian Fainelli > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:19:28 -0700 >=20 >> 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 cod= e from >>>> net/dsa/dsa2.c. The motivation behind this is that we have a bit o= f in tree >>>> platforms (ar7, bcm47xx, x86, others) that could be benefiting fro= m the new >>>> dsa_register_switch() API model but do not support Device Tree, no= r 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. >=20 > I assume therefore that this series will be resubmitted with an > accompanying example in-tree conversion. >=20 That is correct, although patches 1-4 could be applied immediately as they are mostly preparatory steps to patches 5-6, I don't mind resendin= g this at a later time though (probably for the next net-next merge windo= w I assume). --=20 =46lorian