Re: [PATCH net-next 05/16] net: dsa: use ports list to setup switches

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Mon Oct 21 2019 - 08:49:07 EST


On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 07:42:15PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
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> On 10/19/2019 8:19 PM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> > Use the new ports list instead of iterating over switches and their
> > ports when setting up the switches and their ports.
> >
> > At the same time, provide setup states and messages for ports and
> > switches as it is done for the trees.
>
> Humm, that becomes quite noisy, would it make sense to have those
> messages only for non-user ports that are not already visible because
> they do not have a net_device?

I agree, it looks noise. Maybe change them to _dbg()?

> If you have multiple switches in a fabric, it might be convenient to use
> dev_info(dp->ds->dev, ...) to print your message so you can clearly
> identify which port belongs to which switch, which becomes even more
> important as it is all flattened thanks to lists now. What do you think?

I do think it needs to identify both the dst and the ds.

Andrew