netdev - Re: [patch net-next RFC 12/12] rocker: introduce rocker switch driver

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:19:38 -0700
From:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 12/12] rocker: introduce rocker switch driver

2014-08-21 9:19 GMT-07:00 Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>:
> This patch introduces the first driver to benefit from the switchdev
> infrastructure and to implement newly introduced switch ndos. This is a
> driver for emulated switch chip implemented in qemu:
> https://github.com/sfeldma/qemu-rocker/
>
> This patch is a result of joint work with Scott Feldman.

You could eliminate a lot of boilerplate code that delegates
ethtool/netdev operations from the network interface to the switch
driver if you made this a DSA driver, without registering a tag
protocol or by reworking that.

Other than that, this is a really nice piece of driver you got here,
it's definitively a clean design. Thanks!
--
Florian
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