netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch driver (ESW)

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:44:59 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andrew@...n.ch
Cc:	blogic@...nwrt.org, Fred.Chang@...iatek.com,
	steven.liu@...iatek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Carlos.Huang@...iatek.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, matthias.bgg@...il.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch
 driver (ESW)

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:05:45 +0100

> I think it is great a vendor is providing funding to get code
> upstream. However, that code needs to conform with current kernel
> architecture and design philosophy.
> 
> We as a community also need to be consistent. We have recently push
> back on Microchip with there LAN9352 who want to do something very
> similar, introduce the MAC and a very dumb switch driver. They are now
> looking at what it means to do a DSA driver. There is also talk of
> writing a DSA driver for the ks8995 family.
> 
> As David said recently, a year ago this probably would of been
> accepted. But now, switches need to be DSA or switchdev.

+1