Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dsa: microchip: add KSZ8 change_tag_protocol support

[Andrew Lunn]

> Previously I could not use DSA because of the macb driver limitation, now
> fixed (max_mtu increase, submitted here). Once I got that working, I notice
> that full DSA was not a compatible use case for my board because of
> requiring the conduit interface to behave as a regular ethernet interface.
> So it's really the unmanaged switch case, which I though I motivated well in
> the patch description here (PHY library, ethtool and switch WoL management).

If its an unmanaged switch, you don't need DSA, or anything at all
other than MACB. Linux is just a plain host connected to a switch. It
is a little unusual that the switch is integrated into the same box,
rather than being a patch cable away, bit linux does not really see
this difference compared to any other unmanaged switch.

	Andrew