Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] dt-bindings: net: dsa: the adjacent DSA port must appear first in "link" property

[Andrew Lunn]

> I have unpublished downstream patches which even make all the rest of
> the "link = <...>" elements optional. Bottom line, only the direct
> connection between ports (first element) represents hardware description.
> The other reachable ports (the routing table, practically speaking) can be*
> computed based on breadth-first search at DSA probe time. They are
> listed in the device tree for "convenience".

If you have this code, then i would actually go for a new property,
maybe 'direct-link = <...>;', which only lists the direct
relationship. Keep the current property with its current meaning, an
unordered list. If the new property is present, use it to compute the
table. If both sets of properties are present, ensure they result in
the same table, otherwise -EINVAL.

    Andrew