linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 00/10] dt-binding preparation for ocelot switches

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Date:   Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:03:09 -0800
From:   Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>,
        Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Clément Léger <clement.leger@...tlin.com>,
        Alvin Šipraga <alsi@...g-olufsen.dk>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        George McCollister <george.mccollister@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 00/10] dt-binding preparation for ocelot
 switches

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 10:29:58AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri,  9 Dec 2022 19:30:23 -0800 Colin Foster wrote:
> > Ocelot switches have the abilitiy to be used internally via
> > memory-mapped IO or externally via SPI or PCIe. This brings up issues
> > for documentation, where the same chip might be accessed internally in a
> > switchdev manner, or externally in a DSA configuration. This patch set
> > is perparation to bring DSA functionality to the VSC7512, utilizing as
> > much as possible with an almost identical VSC7514 chip.
> > 
> > This patch set changed quite a bit from v2, so I'll omit the background
> > of how those sets came to be. Rob offered a lot of very useful guidance.
> > My thanks.
> > 
> > At the end of the day, with this patch set, there should be a framework
> > to document Ocelot switches (and any switch) in scenarios where they can
> > be controlled internally (ethernet-switch) or externally (dsa-switch).
> 
> A lot of carried over review tags here, so please let me know if
> there's anything that needs to be reviewed here, otherwise I'd like 
> to merge the series for 6.2 by the end of the day.

I just responded to patch 4, which has a small (?) outstanding issue /
discussion. I asked Rob and Arınç's opinions as to whether it should
hold up this series. Everything else is good to go, as far as I
understand.