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Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 21:26:46 +0000
From: Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@....com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
"arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>, Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>,
Alexandru Marginean <alexandru.marginean@....com>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"agraf@...e.de" <agraf@...e.de>,
"Bogdan Hamciuc" <bogdan.hamciuc@....com>,
Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 7/8] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Add TODO file
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 10:48 AM
> To: Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@....com>
> Cc: devel@...verdev.osuosl.org; arnd@...db.de; Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>; Alexandru Marginean
> <alexandru.marginean@....com>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; agraf@...e.de; Bogdan Hamciuc
> <bogdan.hamciuc@....com>; Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Add TODO file
>
> On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 06:10:38PM +0000, Stuart Yoder wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 11:56 AM
> > > To: Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@....com>
> > > Cc: Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>; devel@...verdev.osuosl.org; linux-
> > > kernel@...r.kernel.org; agraf@...e.de; arnd@...db.de; Alexandru Marginean
> <alexandru.marginean@....com>;
> > > Bogdan Hamciuc <bogdan.hamciuc@....com>; Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>; Laurentiu Tudor
> > > <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Add TODO file
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 12:59:59PM +0000, Stuart Yoder wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org]
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 4:20 AM
> > > > > To: Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>
> > > > > Cc: devel@...verdev.osuosl.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; agraf@...e.de; arnd@...db.de;
> > > Alexandru
> > > > > Marginean <alexandru.marginean@....com>; Bogdan Hamciuc <bogdan.hamciuc@....com>; Stuart Yoder
> > > > > <stuart.yoder@....com>; Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>; Laurentiu Tudor
> <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Add TODO file
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 10:06:25AM +0000, Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu wrote:
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org]
> > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 11:58 AM
> > > > > > > To: Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>
> > > > > > > Cc: devel@...verdev.osuosl.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> > > > > > > agraf@...e.de; arnd@...db.de; Alexandru Marginean
> > > > > > > <alexandru.marginean@....com>; Bogdan Hamciuc
> > > > > > > <bogdan.hamciuc@....com>; Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@....com>; Roy
> > > > > > > Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>; Laurentiu Tudor
> > > > > > > <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
> > > > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Add TODO file
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 03:34:41AM -0600, Ioana Radulescu wrote:
> > > > > > > > Add a list of TODO items for the Ethernet driver
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>
> > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/TODO | 9 +++++++++
> > > > > > > > 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > > > > > > > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/TODO
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/TODO b/drivers/staging/fsl-
> > > > > > > dpaa2/ethernet/TODO
> > > > > > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > > > > > index 0000000..833265b
> > > > > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/TODO
> > > > > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> > > > > > > > +* Add a DPAA2 MAC kernel driver in order to allow PHY management;
> > > > > > > currently
> > > > > > > > + the DPMAC objects and their link to DPNIs are handled by MC internally
> > > > > > > > + and all PHYs are seen as fixed-link
> > > > > > > > +* add more debug support: decide how to expose detailed debug
> > > > > > > statistics,
> > > > > > > > + add ingress error queue support
> > > > > > > > +* MC firmware uprev; the DPAA2 objects used by the Ethernet driver
> > > > > > > need to
> > > > > > > > + be kept in sync with binary interface changes in MC
> > > > > > > > +* refine README file
> > > > > > > > +* cleanup
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > These seem like very minor things, why not just spend a week and do this
> > > > > > > work and get it merged to the "correct" portion of the kernel tree? Why
> > > > > > > does this have to go into staging?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Actually the first bullet is not minor at all and requires some design
> > > > > > choices that we aren't yet completely clear with, and which in turn may
> > > > > > affect parts of the Ethernet driver. We figured it would be best to try
> > > > > > adding this in staging first (and also provide this way an example of using
> > > > > > the fsl-mc bus and dpio driver) than wait until all MAC development
> > > > > > questions are ironed-out.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ok, that makes sense.
> > > > >
> > > > > > I can remove the other bullets from the TODO list if you think they're
> > > > > > not worth mentioning.
> > > > >
> > > > > No, they should be mentioned, I just didn't think they are all that much
> > > > > work, and if you didn't have major things needed to get done, you could
> > > > > just knock it all out in a week of local development.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll look into taking this into the tree later today...
> > > >
> > > > Note, as mentioned in the cover letter, in it's current form this patch
> > > > series is based on the series:
> > > > [PATCH v3 0/9] staging: fsl-mc: move bus driver out of staging, add dpio
> > > >
> > > > ...which means that it won't build or run without that series being
> > > > applied first, due to header file dependencies. It also functionally
> > > > depends on the DPIO driver. So we need the dpio driver merged first.
> > > >
> > > > Is moving the fsl-mc bus driver out of staging a possibility now?
> > >
> > > I'm ok with it, but I really haven't looked at the patches in a while, I
> > > keep seeing others have problems with it. Want me to review it now?
> >
> > Yes, would like that very much.
>
> Ok, basic driver model things, who is cleaning up your struct devices
> when they go away? Don't you get nasty warnings from the driver core
> when the device is removed?
Thanks, you had some similar comments back in December:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/12/8/364
Device removal works, but we are not getting warnings because the
ref count never goes to zero...so something is wrong and
we are debugging and will refactoring.
> And you can't allocate a 'struct device' with devm_kzalloc(), that's
> just crazy as the lifetime can not be owned by someone else for a
> refernce counted object!
>
> And finally, no one is calling dpmcp_destroy(), why is it there?
Looks not to be needed...will that and any other functions that are
not called.
> I think this needs a lot of driver model rework, sorry. Please do that
> before adding new drivers.
Yes, work is in progress.
Thanks,
Stuart
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