netdev - Re: [patch net-next RFC 5/8] mlxsw: Remove ndo_get_port_parent

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Date:   Sat, 2 Mar 2019 08:36:09 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, mlxsw@...lanox.com,
        idosch@...lanox.com, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com,
        dirk.vandermerwe@...ronome.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 5/8] mlxsw: Remove ndo_get_port_parent_id
 implementation

Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 03:57:07AM CET, f.fainelli@...il.com wrote:
>
>
>On 3/1/2019 8:05 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>> 
>> Remove implementation of get_port_parent_id ndo and rely on core calling
>> into devlink for the information directly.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>
>Don't you need a select/depends on DEVLINK for MLXSW_SWITCHX2 and
>MLXSW_SPECTRUM otherwise you are going to get unexpected results from
>net/bridge/br_switchdev.c while computing the offload_fwd_mark?

You are probably right. That is what we loose after move to
devlink-buildin. I think that every driver using devlink should enforce
devlink=y

>-- 
>Florian