netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/9] net: stmmac: Add XGMAC 2.10 HWIF entry

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Date:   Mon, 6 Aug 2018 08:55:13 +0100
From:   Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/9] net: stmmac: Add XGMAC 2.10 HWIF entry

Hi Florian,

On 03-08-2018 19:54, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 08/03/2018 08:50 AM, Jose Abreu wrote:
>> @@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ static const struct stmmac_hwif_entry {
>>  	{
>>  		.gmac = false,
>>  		.gmac4 = false,
>> +		.xgmac = false,
> In a future clean-up you would like want to remove this and replace this
> an enumeration which is less error prone than having to define a boolean
> for each of these previous generations only to say "this is not an xgmac".

Its a good idea! I really don't like the pattern of "if
(priv->plat->has_something)" in the code. I will think about
adding this but for now let's merge xgmac2 and I will try to
refactor the code later because I will need to change many files
and the patchset would be bigger.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Jose Miguel Abreu