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Date:	Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:19:28 -0700
From:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: dsa: Platform data for dsa2.c

2016-06-27 18:05 GMT-07:00 Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>:
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 05:52:37PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This patch series adds support for platform data using the new code from
>> net/dsa/dsa2.c. The motivation behind this is that we have a bit of in tree
>> platforms (ar7, bcm47xx, x86, others) that could be benefiting from the new
>> dsa_register_switch() API model but do not support Device Tree, nor is there a
>> plan to bring Device Tree to these platforms (time vs. benefits).
>
> Hi Florian
>
> Please could you convert an in tree device to actually use this.

Sure, I don't think there are going to be in tree users who need the
dsa2_port_link information most of what we have is typically single
chip, and so in that case, we can even re-use the existing
dsa_platform_data.
-- 
Florian

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