netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 06/17] net: dsa: Move port device node into port structure

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Message-ID: <87r3ce6sq0.fsf@ketchup.mtl.sfl>
Date:	Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:19:03 -0400
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/17] net: dsa: Move port device node into port structure

Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> writes:

> Move the port device node structure into the port structure, from the
> chip data. This information is needed in the next step of implementing
> the new binding.
>
> The chip data structure is used while parsing the whole old binding,
> before the individual switch structures exist. With the new bindings,
> this is reversed, the switches exist first, and the interconnections
> between the switches is derived from the individual switch
> bindings. Thus this chip data structure becomes unneeded.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Reviewed-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>