netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] net: dsa: bcm

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2016 02:39:58 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emlof.net,
	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Register our slave
 MDIO bus

On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 04:14:55PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Register a slave MDIO bus which allows us to divert problematic
> read/writes towards conflicting pseudo-PHY address (30). Do no longer
> rely on DSA's slave_mii_bus, but instead provide our own implementation
> which offers more flexibility as to what to do, and when to register it.
> 
> We need to register it by the time we are able to get access to our
> memory mapped registers, which is not until drv->setup() time. In order
> to avoid forward declarations, we need to re-order the function bodies a
> bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

	     Andrew