linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 0/6] staging: dpaa2-ethsw: cleanup of link state and MAC addresses

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Message-ID: <VI1PR0402MB3871A51187B93BD27415A46AE07E0@VI1PR0402MB3871.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:16:54 +0000
From:   Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/6] staging: dpaa2-ethsw: cleanup of link state and MAC
 addresses

> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] staging: dpaa2-ethsw: cleanup of link state and MAC
> addresses
> 
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 04:34:25PM +0300, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> > This patch set is cleaning up the link state handling of the switch
> > ports in patches 1-4. The last two patches are setting up the MAC
> > addresses of the switch ports automatically so that the user is not
> > forced to manually add them before adding them to a bridge.
> 
> This feels like adding new functionality to this code.  What is keeping it from
> getting out of staging at this point in time?  I would prefer for it to be moved out
> before adding new stuff to it.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

We still have some work do to on this driver before moving it out of staging unfortunately, mainly integrating the Rx/Tx functionality for switch ports[1] and general cleanup on the driver. Sorry I did not mention this in the cover letter.

This patch set just does some cleanup of the link state handling since the state showed to the user in the ifconfig output was not consistent all the time with what actually was happening in the hardware.

Thanks,
Ioana

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/11/5/548