netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/9] net: dsa: misc improvements

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Message-ID: <57521C5E.2010706@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 3 Jun 2016 17:10:06 -0700
From:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, john@...ozen.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/9] net: dsa: misc improvements

On 06/03/2016 05:05 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This patch series builds on top of Andrew's "New DSA bind, switches as devices"
> patch set and does the following:
> 
> - add support for the old DSA binding with the new dsa_register_switch() API
>   which is needed by some platforms where the Device Tree is pretty much frozen
> 
> - add a few helper functions/goodies for net/dsa/dsa2.c to be as close as possible
>   from net/dsa/dsa.c in terms of what drivers can expect, in particular the slave
>   MDIO bus and the enabled_port_mask and phy_mii_mask
> 
> - fix the CPU port ethtools ops to work in a multiple tree setup since we can
>   no longer assume a single tree is supported
> 
> - finally conver the bcm_sf2 driver to be a true platform device driver and
>   slightly rework its internal vs. external MDIO bus indirect read/writes to
>   be cleaner

David, I cleaned up my mess in patchwork to leave just the relevant
patches for you to review and apply, sorry about that, it's Friday.
-- 
Florian