linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 14/24] net: dsa: Introduce driver for NXP SJA1105 5-port L2 switch

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Date:   Sun, 14 Apr 2019 00:29:43 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Georg Waibel <georg.waibel@...sor-technik.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 14/24] net: dsa: Introduce driver for NXP
 SJA1105 5-port L2 switch

On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 at 19:45, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 06:46:57PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > All I'm saying is that at this point in time (patch 14/24), the driver
> > is being introduced with DSA_TAG_PROTO_NONE. Then support for traffic
> > and switch tagging is added later on (18/24). I was just explaining
> > what can be done with the driver up to this point in the patchset.
>
> O.K. So at this point in time, the driver is unusable. Too much other
> stuff is missing. So i don't see any point in mentioning this.
>
>       Andrew

At this point the driver sees an unmanaged switch. Whether you
consider that unusable or not is debatable.

Thanks,
-Vladimir