linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] staging: intel-dpa: gswip: Introduce Gigabit Ethernet Switch (GSWIP) device driver

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Message-ID: <20191104164209.GC16970@lunn.ch>
Date:   Mon, 4 Nov 2019 17:42:09 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Jack Ping CHNG <jack.ping.chng@...el.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        andriy.shevchenko@...el.com, mallikarjunax.reddy@...ux.intel.com,
        cheol.yong.kim@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] staging: intel-dpa: gswip: Introduce Gigabit Ethernet
 Switch (GSWIP) device driver

On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 01:20:09PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 07:22:20PM +0800, Jack Ping CHNG wrote:
> > This driver enables the Intel's LGM SoC GSWIP block.
> > GSWIP is a core module tailored for L2/L3/L4+ data plane and QoS functions.
> > It allows CPUs and other accelerators connected to the SoC datapath
> > to enqueue and dequeue packets through DMAs.
> > Most configuration values are stored in tables such as
> > Parsing and Classification Engine tables, Buffer Manager tables and
> > Pseudo MAC tables.
> 
> Why is this being submitted to staging?  What is wrong with the "real"
> part of the kernel for this?

Or even, what is wrong with the current driver?
drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c?

Jack, your patch does not seem to of made it to any of the lists. So i
cannot comment on it contents. If this is a switch driver, please
ensure you Cc: the usual suspects for switch drivers.

       Andrew