Re: [PATCH RFC] Update documentation for KSZ DSA drivers so that new drivers can be added

Hi!

There will be 5 drivers to support these devices:

ksz9477.c - KSZ9893/KSZ9897/KSZ9567/KSZ9566/KSZ9477
ksz8795.c - KSZ8795/KSZ8795/KSZ8765
ksz8895.c - KSZ8895/KSZ8864

Could we see the 8895 driver, please?

Out of topic I have a question to ask the community regarding the DSA
port creation:

Port 1 can be specified using the reg parameter specifying 0; port 2, 1;
and so on.  The KSZ8794 is a variant of KSZ8795 with port 4 disabled.
So
lan1 = 0, lan2 = 1, lan3 = 2, cpu = 4.
But our company Marketing does not want to promote that fact but treat
KSZ8794 as a distinct product.
So
lan1 = 0, lan2 = 1, lan3 = 2, cpu = 3.
Is this okay to hide this information inside the driver?  This is manageable
for KSZ8794 but for KSZ8864 the first port is disabled:
lan1 = 1, lan2 = 2, lan3 = 3, cpu = 4.

I am not sure whether DSA has or will have a way to display the port
mapping to regular users.

Kernel is not a place to play marketing games, and people reading the
kernel sources are not targets of your marketing department.

Please let us just see the underlying hardware, as is.
									Pavel
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