Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: dsa: Platform data for dsa2.c

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 06:19:28PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:

2016-06-27 18:05 GMT-07:00 Andrew Lunn [off-list ref]:

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On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 05:52:37PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:

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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.

O.K.

Less is better. When going through the old code for the earlier
re-structuring proposals, the code is not simple at times. I would
prefer not adding more complexity to dsa2 than really is needed.

       Andrew