Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: add CONFIG_NET_DSA_LEGACY

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Tue Apr 11 2017 - 16:59:28 EST


On 04/11/2017 01:52 PM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> This patch moves as is the legacy DSA code from dsa.c to legacy.c,
> except the few shared symbols which remain in dsa.c.
>
> Compile legacy.o only if a new CONFIG_NET_DSA_LEGACY symbol is enabled,
> which is true by default.
>
> DSA drivers without legacy support don't need the probe function as well
> as driver registration helpers anymore, so remove their definitions if
> CONFIG_NET_DSA_LEGACY is disabled.
>
> NET_DSA_MV88E6060 and NET_DSA_BCM_SF2 now depend on the legacy support.

BCM_SF2 is not dependent on legacy support since it got converted to the
new API in the past few months.

You may want to generate your patch with git format-patch -M to help
detect renames/code movements.

Thanks for doing this!
--
Florian