netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: add CONFIG_NET_DSA

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:46:56 -0400
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: add CONFIG_NET_DSA_LEGACY

Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> writes:

> Le 20/07/2016 à 17:35, Andrew Lunn a écrit :
>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 06:26:41PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
>>> This patch simply moves the legacy DSA code from dsa.c to legacy.c,
>>> except the few shared symbols which remain in dsa.c.
>> 
>> I think it is a bit early for this. Lets convert all in kernel users
>> to the new binding first.
>
> Fine with me, let's try to get the in-tree DTS files converted to the
> new binding by v4.9 so we can then introduce this Kconfig symbol and
> start producing warnings if the old binding is encountered, how does
> that sound?

If you guys prefer going that way, that's fine with me too ;-)

Thanks,

        Vivien