netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: dsa: Mock-up driver

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Date:   Sat, 01 Apr 2017 12:40:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: dsa: Mock-up driver

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 18:43:21 -0700

> This patch adds support for a DSA mock-up driver which essentially does
> the following:
> 
> - registers/unregisters 4 fixed PHYs to the slave network devices
> - uses eth0 (configurable) as the master netdev
> - registers the switch as a fixed MDIO device against the fixed MDIO bus
>   at address 31
> - includes dynamic debug prints for dsa_switch_ops functions that can be
>   enabled to get call traces
> 
> This is a good way to test modular builds as well as exercise the DSA
> APIs without requiring access to real hardware. This does not test the
> data-path, although this could be added later on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2;
> 
> - removed an unnecessary change to include/linux/fixed_phy.h

This looks extremely useful, applied, thanks!