netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: dsa: Platform data for dsa2.c

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Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2016 06:12:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:	andrew@...n.ch, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: dsa: Platform data for dsa2.c

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:19:28 -0700

> 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.

I assume therefore that this series will be resubmitted with an
accompanying example in-tree conversion.