Re: [PATCH RFC net-next v3 2/4] net: dsa: add tag formats for MxL862xx switches

From: Andrew Lunn

Date: Sun Dec 14 2025 - 20:46:34 EST


> diff --git a/net/dsa/Kconfig b/net/dsa/Kconfig
> index f86b30742122f..c897d62326f5b 100644
> --- a/net/dsa/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/dsa/Kconfig
> @@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ config NET_DSA_TAG_QCA
> Say Y or M if you want to enable support for tagging frames for
> the Qualcomm Atheros QCA8K switches.
>
> +config NET_DSA_TAG_MXL862
> + tristate "Tag driver for MxL862xx switches"
> + help
> + Say Y or M if you want to enable support for tagging frames for the
> + Maxlinear MxL86252 and MxL86282 switches using their native 8-byte
> + tagging protocol.
> +

This file is mostly sorted. So this entry should be between
NET_DSA_TAG_MTK and NET_DSA_TAG_MXL_GSW1XX. It would also be good to
try to make it more uniform with the NET_DSA_TAG_MXL_GSW1XX. Maybe
NET_DSA_TAG_MXL_862xx?

Andrew