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From: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2, net-next, PATCH 4/4] net/cpsw_switchdev: add switchdev
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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:56:48 +0200
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On 18.6.2018 22:19, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> Jiri proposed using devlink, which makes sense, but i am not sure it's
> applicable on this patchset. This will change the driver completely and will
> totally break backwards compatibility.

Another good reason for a new driver.

I.