netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] net: dsa: Use delayed work instead of timer+work for polling

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Date:	Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:30:07 +0100
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
Cc:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	Pavel Nakonechny <pavel.nakonechny@...tlab.ru>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Frode Isaksen <fisaksen@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] net: dsa: Use delayed work instead of timer+work
 for polling

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 04:44:13PM +0100, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> On 10/29/2015 04:28 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> >> Is 6060 supported by the 6352 family? It doesn't share any mv88e6xxx
> >> code...
> > 
> > It is a totally separate driver. Nothing shared at all..  It is an old
> > device, and only does 10/100. It could be it is just too different to
> > support via mv88e6xxx.
> > 
> >    Andrew
> > 
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> The link detection still works without the polling for 6060, this will largely simplify the patchset.
> 
> I will include a link poll callback removal in my 6060 cleanup patchset.
> 
> Then I will include a poll_link removal in dsa.c instead of fixing it.

Great, always nice to see unneeded code removed.

       Andrew
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