Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/17] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: rework ATU support

[Vivien Didelot]

Hi Florian,

Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Just some general note on the way the driver seems to be going there
> seems to be a multiplication of new ops being introduced, and most of
> them seem to default to the mv88e6xxx (generic) ones. Should you do
> something like:
>
> if (!ops->foo)
> 	ops->foo = mv88e6xxx_foo
>
> Such that you reduce the possibility for a specific switch model to lack
> such an operation?

You are correct, ideally generic library functions (the one starting
with the mv88e6xxx_ prefix) should not be assigned to ops.

The ops are const though. I'll come up with something maintainable.

Thanks!

        Vivien