RE: [PATCH v3 2/4] bus: fsl-mc: add restool userspace support

[Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 6:24 PM
> To: Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stuart Yoder <stuyoder@xxxxxxxxx>; Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>;
> Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@xxxxxxx>; gregkh
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] bus: fsl-mc: add restool userspace support
> 
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 02:43:29PM +0000, Laurentiu Tudor wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > On 04/05/2018 03:48 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > >>> Hi Laurentiu
> > >>>
> > >>> So i can use switchdev without it? I can modprobe the switchdev
> > >>> driver, all the physical interfaces will appear, and i can use ip addr
> > >>> add etc. I do not need to use a user space tool at all in order to use
> > >>> the network functionality?
> > >>
> > >> Absolutely!
> > >
> > > Great.
> > >
> > > Then the easiest way forwards is to simply drop the IOCTL code for the
> > > moment. Get the basic support for the hardware into the kernel
> > > first. Then come back later to look at dynamic behaviour which needs
> > > some form of configuration.
> >
> > Hmm, not sure I understand. We already have a fully functional ethernet
> > driver [1] and a switch driver [2] ...
> 
> In staging, the tree of crap. You want to get it out of there and into
> the main tree. But that effort is being side lined by the discussion
> around this IOCTL call.  The best way forward is to to accept Greg is
> not going to take this patchset at the moment, and move on. As you
> said, it is not needed for the Ethernet and switchdev driver.
> 
> What needs to happen before the Ethernet driver can be reviewed for
> moving out of staging?

Hi Andrew,

We're waiting for the DPIO driver (which we depend on) to be moved
out of staging first, it's currently under review:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/27/1086

Ioana