netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] net: dsa: tag_edsa: support reception of packets from lag devices

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Date:   Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:21:02 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] net: dsa: tag_edsa: support reception of packets
 from lag devices

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 08:47:17AM +0100, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
> Doesn't that basically boil down to the argument that "we can't merge
> this change because it's never going to be used, except for when it is
> used"? I don't know if I buy that.
> 
> How about the inverse question: If this change is not acceptable, do
> you have any other suggestion on to solve it? The hardware is what it
> is, I can not will the source port information into existence, and
> injecting packets on the wrong DSA port feels even more dirty to me.

I suppose you're right, I don't have any better suggestion.