linux-kernel - Re: [net-next RFC PATCH 4/4] net: dsa: qca8k: split qca8k in common and 8xxx specific code

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Date:   Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:10:52 +0200
From:   Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next RFC PATCH 4/4] net: dsa: qca8k: split qca8k in common
 and 8xxx specific code

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 08:21:35PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 07:49:58PM +0200, Christian Marangi wrote:
> > The qca8k family reg structure is also used in the internal ipq40xx
> > switch. Split qca8k common code from specific code for future
> > implementation of ipq40xx internal switch based on qca8k.
> > 
> > While at it also fix minor wrong format for comments and reallign
> > function as we had to drop static declaration.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/dsa/qca/Makefile                  |    1 +
> >  drivers/net/dsa/qca/{qca8k.c => qca8k-8xxx.c} | 1210 +----------------
> >  drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-common.c            | 1174 ++++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k.h                   |   58 +
> >  4 files changed, 1245 insertions(+), 1198 deletions(-)
> >  rename drivers/net/dsa/qca/{qca8k.c => qca8k-8xxx.c} (64%)
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-common.c
> 
> Sorry, this patch is very difficult to review for correctness.
> Could you try to split it to multiple individual function movements?

You are right.
Can I split them in category function (bridge function, vlan function,
ATU...) Or you want them even more split? 

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