linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH next 0/3] ARM: dts: am437x: switch to new cpsw switch drv

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Message-ID: <20200925113231.GH9471@atomide.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:32:31 +0300
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:     Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Cc:     linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH next 0/3] ARM: dts: am437x: switch to new cpsw switch drv

* Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com> [200911 01:25]:
> Hi Tony,
> 
> Since Kernel v5.5 commits:
>  111cf1ab4da3 ("net: ethernet: ti: introduce cpsw switchdev based driver part 2 - switch")
>  ed3525eda4c4 ("net: ethernet: ti: introduce cpsw switchdev based driver part 1 - dual-emac")
> the new CPSW driver with switchdev support has been introduced and one
> am571x-idk board was converted to use it. And since that time (Nov 2019) no
> significant issues were reported for the new CPSW driver.
> 
> Therefore it's time to switch all am437x boards to use new cpsw switch
> driver. Those boards have 1 or 2 Ext. ports wired and configured in dual_mac mode
> by default. The dual_mac mode has been preserved the same way between
> legacy and new driver, and one port devices works the same as 1 dual_mac port,
> so it's safe to switch drivers.

Thanks applying into omap-for-v5.10/dt.

Tony