netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/4] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix support for DSA tagging for older switches.

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Message-ID: <8737lw988n.fsf@ketchup.mtl.sfl>
Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:41:12 -0400
From:   Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Jamie Lentin <jm@...tin.co.uk>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix support for DSA tagging for older switches.

Hi Andrew,

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

> Older chips only support DSA tagging on the CPU port. New devices
> support both DSA and EDSA. The driver needs to tell the core the tag
> protocol to use, and configure the switch for what is available.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

I'll send a follow-up patch to add a MV88E6XXX_FLAG_DSA flag, to prepare
support for older chips like 6060 which only support the Trailer proto.

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

Thanks,

        Vivien