netdev - Re: [RFC 3/4] net-next: dsa: Add support for multiple cpu ports.

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jan 2017 16:22:19 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/4] net-next: dsa: Add support for multiple cpu ports.

> I am actually in the process of cleaning up my patches that add
> platform_data support to net/dsa/dsa2.c this time with an user, and
> hopefully a couple more after that, but that maintains the existing
> struct dsa_chip_data as-is, no new additions are required, and this
> would be purely for non-DT enabled platforms anyway.

Hi Florian

I was hoping we could avoid this complexity. But if there is a real
need, the platform cannot be converted to device tree, we can add it.

	Andrew