Re: [PATCH net-next 00/11] net: dsa: parsing stage

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Nov 05 2017 - 08:32:50 EST


From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 19:05:19 -0400

> When registering a DSA switch, there is basically two stages.
>
> The first stage is the parsing of the switch device, from either device
> tree or platform data. It fetches the DSA tree to which it belongs, and
> validates its ports. The switch device is then added to the tree, and
> the second stage is called if this was the last switch of the tree.
>
> The second stage is the setup of the tree, which validates that the tree
> is complete, sets up the routing tables, the default CPU port for user
> ports, sets up the switch drivers and finally the master interfaces,
> which makes the whole switch fabric functional.
>
> This patch series covers the first parsing stage. It fixes the type of
> the switch and tree indexes to unsigned int, simplifies the tree
> reference counting and the switch and CPU ports parsing.

Series applied, thanks Vivien.