linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v8 6/9] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-switch: Accept special variants

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Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2023 22:47:45 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>,
        Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 6/9] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-switch:
 Accept special variants

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 12:36:01AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Accept special node naming variants for Marvell switches with
> special node names as ABI.
> 
> This is maybe not the prettiest but it avoids special-casing
> the Marvell MV88E6xxx bindings by copying a lot of generic
> binding code down into that one binding just to special-case
> these unfixable nodes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

As you say, not pretty. But it does the job.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew