netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC v2 00/32] Make DSA switches linux devices.

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Date:	Sun, 13 Mar 2016 03:26:07 -0400
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 00/32] Make DSA switches linux devices.

Hi Andrew, Florian,

Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> writes:

> It probably means we need to turn slave.c and parts of dsa.c into a
> library. Add a new dsa_v2.c file, containing the new binding
> code. With things like having the switch devices instantiate there own
> MDIO bus, fixed phys on a compatible MDIO bus referenced via phandles,
> etc, I hope we can make parts of the dsa_v2 simpler.

Nothing critical here, but as we are talking about better isolation of
the DSA slave code, wouldn't it be the good moment to make it a
dsa_switch driver, instead of a library? This code is actually pretty
generic, and for example home routers could register an instance of such
module.

Thanks,
-v