linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v1 net-next 6/8] net: dsa: felix: populate mac

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:04:06 -0700
From:   Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com" <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v1 net-next 6/8] net: dsa: felix: populate mac_capabilities
 for all ports

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:52:35PM +0000, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 08:47:47AM -0700, Colin Foster wrote:
> > > This is true. I am also a bit surprised at Colin's choices to
> > > (a) not ask the netdev maintainers to pull into net-next the immutable
> > >     branch that Lee provided here:
> > >     https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YxrjyHcceLOFlT%2Fc@google.com/
> > >     and instead send some patches for review which are difficult to
> > >     apply directly to any tree
> > 
> > As mentioned in the cover letter, I don't expect this to necessarily be
> > ready by the next merge window. But seemingly I misjudged whether
> > merging the net-next and Lee's tree would be more tedious for the netdev
> > maintainers than looking at the RFC for reviewers. I'm trying to create
> > as little hassle for people as I can. Apologies.
> 
> What is it exactly that is keeping this patch set from being ready for 6.1?
> There's still time...
> 
> It mostly looks ok to me, I'm in the process of reviewing it. You
> mentioned documentation in the cover letter; I suppose you're talking
> about dt-schema? If so, I just started off by converting ocelot.txt to
> mscc,ocelot.yaml, since I know that the conversion process is typically
> a bit daunting to even start.
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20220912153702.246206-1-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com/

Yes - checkpatch correclty gave warnings about mscc,vsc7512-ext-switch being
undocumented. Thanks for that patch - I just saw it! I'll wait for your
review before I get optimistic. But if it boils down to separating the
last patch (per Lee's suggestion) and adding the dt-bindings, maybe it
could be ready in another round or two.