linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add support for VLAN Table Unit

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jul 2015 17:03:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	David <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	andrew@...n.ch, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, sfeldma@...il.com,
	jiri@...nulli.us, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel <kernel@...oirfairelinux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add support for VLAN Table
 Unit

Hi David,

----- On Jul 9, 2015, at 2:01 PM, David davem@...emloft.net wrote:

> From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 13:13:16 -0400 (EDT)
> 
>> You're right. There's a single operation to clear the STU and VTU. I
>> will send a follow-up patch to send this command during the switch
>> setup.
> 
> Fix known bugs in the patch series, within the patch series, since it
> hasn't been merged yet.
> 
> Don't say "I'll fix this bug later", because we can fix it now.
> 
> Also as others have noted, this patch set creates an intermediate
> state where functionality is effectively broken.  So it is illogical
> to knowingly merge this patch series as-is.  You'll have to piece
> together all of the changes necessary such that the series is fully
> bisectable, which means at every patch along the way things function
> properly and do not break.

Dully noted.

Thank you,
-v
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