Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch driver (ESW)

[David Miller]

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:05:45 +0100

> I think it is great a vendor is providing funding to get code
> upstream. However, that code needs to conform with current kernel
> architecture and design philosophy.
> 
> We as a community also need to be consistent. We have recently push
> back on Microchip with there LAN9352 who want to do something very
> similar, introduce the MAC and a very dumb switch driver. They are now
> looking at what it means to do a DSA driver. There is also talk of
> writing a DSA driver for the ks8995 family.
> 
> As David said recently, a year ago this probably would of been
> accepted. But now, switches need to be DSA or switchdev.

+1