netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 15/17] net: dsa: Add new binding implementation

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Message-ID: <87wpm6m40i.fsf@ketchup.mtl.sfl>
Date:	Fri, 03 Jun 2016 16:06:05 -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 15/17] net: dsa: Add new binding implementation

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

> The existing DSA binding has a number of limitations and problems. The
> main problem is that it cannot represent a switch as a linux device,
> hanging off some bus. It is limited to one CPU port. The DSA platform
> device is artificial, and does not really represent hardware.
>
> Implement a new binding which can be embedded into any type of node on
> a bus to represent one switch device, and its links to other switches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

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