netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/7] DSA refactoring: set 1

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Date:	Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:15:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andrew@...n.ch
Cc:	f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/7] DSA refactoring: set 1

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 02:40:38 +0200

> There has been a long running effort to refractor DSA probing to make
> the switches true linux devices. Here are a small collection of
> patches moving in this direction. Most have been seen before.
> 
> We take a little step forward by passing the dsa device point to the
> driver, thus allowing it to perform resource allocations using the
> normal mechanisms. This device structure will later be replaced by the
> devices own device structure.
> 
> Future patches will add a true driver probe function, so we rename the
> current probe function, cleaning up the namespace.
> 
> phys_port_mask continually confuses me, thinking it is about PHYs. But
> it is actually about ports enabled to the outside world. So rename it to
> enabled_port_mask.
> 
> Lots more patches yet to follow, this is just doing some ground work.
> 
> v2:
>   enabled_port_mask instread of user_port_masks
>   Added Tested-by's and Reviewed-by.

Series applied, thanks.