Re: [RFC Patch net-next] net: dsa: ksz: added the generic port_stp_state_set function

From: Arun.Ramadoss
Date: Sun Apr 24 2022 - 07:21:49 EST


On Fri, 2022-04-22 at 20:01 +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
Hi Vladimir,
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> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 12:56:47PM +0530, Arun Ramadoss wrote:
> > The ksz8795 and ksz9477 uses the same algorithm for the
> > port_stp_state_set function except the register address is
> > different. So
> > moved the algorithm to the ksz_common.c and used the dev_ops for
> > register read and write. This function can also used for the
> > lan937x
> > part. Hence making it generic for all the parts.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Arun Ramadoss <arun.ramadoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> If the entire port STP state change procedure is the same, just a
> register offset is different, can you not create a common STP state
> procedure that takes the register offset as argument, and gets called
> with different offset arguments from ksz8795.c and from ksz9477.c?
Thanks for comment.
I will update the Patch by adding the register address as function
argument and repost.