Re: [PATCH v1] staging: intel-dpa: gswip: Introduce Gigabit Ethernet Switch (GSWIP) device driver

[Andrew Lunn]

On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 01:20:09PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 07:22:20PM +0800, Jack Ping CHNG wrote:
> > This driver enables the Intel's LGM SoC GSWIP block.
> > GSWIP is a core module tailored for L2/L3/L4+ data plane and QoS functions.
> > It allows CPUs and other accelerators connected to the SoC datapath
> > to enqueue and dequeue packets through DMAs.
> > Most configuration values are stored in tables such as
> > Parsing and Classification Engine tables, Buffer Manager tables and
> > Pseudo MAC tables.
> 
> Why is this being submitted to staging?  What is wrong with the "real"
> part of the kernel for this?

Or even, what is wrong with the current driver?
drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c?

Jack, your patch does not seem to of made it to any of the lists. So i
cannot comment on it contents. If this is a switch driver, please
ensure you Cc: the usual suspects for switch drivers.

       Andrew