netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] D in DSA patches

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Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:25:11 -0700
From:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] D in DSA patches

2015-08-17 14:52 GMT-07:00 Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>:
> The D in DSA is distributed, meaning multiple switches can be
> connected together. Currently no mainline system does this, and so the
> code is broken. This patchset contains two fixes, and a small helper.
>
> With three of more switches, the current device tree binding is not
> sufficient to express the routing between the switches. The first
> patch extends the binding, in a backwards compatible way, to allow a
> link between a switch to describe all the switches accessible over the
> link, not just the direct neighbor.
>
> The third patch fixes the port configuration on newer devices for
> links connecting switches.

Little late, but this looks good, thanks Andrew!

>
> Andrew Lunn (3):
>   net: dsa: Allow multi hop routes to be expressed
>   net: dsa: Add dsa_is_dsa_port() helper
>   dsa: mv88e6xxx: Set DSA mode based on chip abilities
>
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++----
>  drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c                       | 16 +++++----
>  include/net/dsa.h                                 |  5 +++
>  net/dsa/dsa.c                                     | 40 +++++++++++++++++------
>  4 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.5.0
>



-- 
Florian
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