Re: [PATCH net-next 6/8] net: dsa: Add support for platform data

[Florian Fainelli]

On 01/10/2017 01:21 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> Last time we discussed this, I had a super complex dsa2_platform_data
>> that allowed you to do exactly the same thing we currently do with
>> Device Tree, except that this was with platform_data. It took a lot of
>> effort to get there, but I essentially had the ZII vf160 board example
>> re-implemented and verified with a mockup driver (still have it in a
>> branch that's not too far from net-next/master).
> 
> One thing different this time is you have associated the platform data
> to an MDIO device. So the platform data represents one switch, not the
> whole complex. This is going to make the platform data much simpler,
> and allow the core to do the work of assembling the multiple platform
> datas into one switch complex. So basically, the platform data is
> dsa_chip_data.
> 
> To handle multi-CPUs, we need to move the master ethernet device and
> put it next to the cpu port. So add a
> 
> struct device   *netdev[DSA_MAX_PORTS];
> 
> to dsa_chip_data. It then becomes easy to represent multiple CPU
> ports.

Alright, let me get that prepared then, thanks!

> 
>> I would very much like to see the patches and then make a decision based
>> on the submission rather than project a decision on code that has not
>> been submitted yet.
> 
> The first version was posted a week ago. I requested a lot of
> changes. So lets see what John says about when the next version will
> be ready.

Oh that series, okay, somehow I thought you were referring to something
else.
-- 
Florian