linux-kernel - RE: [RESEND PATCH 2/6] staging: fsl-dpaa2/ethsw: Add Freescale DPAA2 Ethernet Switch driver

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Message-ID: <A4C4732A-CC1F-4707-89F8-E7284F022DB0@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:11:18 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Razvan Stefanescu <razvan.stefanescu@....com>,
        Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@....com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "agraf@...e.de" <agraf@...e.de>, "arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
        Alexandru Marginean <alexandru.marginean@....com>,
        Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>,
        Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>,
        "stuyoder@...il.com" <stuyoder@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [RESEND PATCH 2/6] staging: fsl-dpaa2/ethsw: Add Freescale DPAA2 Ethernet Switch driver

On September 29, 2017 6:59:18 AM PDT, Razvan Stefanescu <razvan.stefanescu@....com> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bogdan Purcareata
>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2017 16:36
>> To: Razvan Stefanescu <razvan.stefanescu@....com>;
>> gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
>> Cc: devel@...verdev.osuosl.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
>> netdev@...r.kernel.org; agraf@...e.de; arnd@...db.de; Alexandru
>Marginean
>> <alexandru.marginean@....com>; Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu
>> <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>; Laurentiu Tudor
><laurentiu.tudor@....com>;
>> stuyoder@...il.com
>> Subject: RE: [RESEND PATCH 2/6] staging: fsl-dpaa2/ethsw: Add
>Freescale DPAA2
>> Ethernet Switch driver
>> 
>> > Introduce the DPAA2 Ethernet Switch driver, which manages Datapath
>Switch
>> > (DPSW) objects discovered on the MC bus.
>> >
>> > Suggested-by: Alexandru Marginean <alexandru.marginean@....com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Razvan Stefanescu <razvan.stefanescu@....com>

This looks pretty good for a new switchdev driver, is there a reason you can't target drivers/net/ethernet instead of staging? Is it because the MC bus code is still in staging (AFAICT)?

-- 
Florian