netdev - RE: [PATCH] fsl/fman: remove of

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 09:53:39 +0000
From:   Madalin-cristian Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] fsl/fman: remove of_node

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2017 7:44 AM
> To: Madalin-cristian Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; andrew@...n.ch; f.fainelli@...il.com; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] fsl/fman: remove of_node
> 
> From: Madalin-cristian Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>
> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 08:49:31 +0000
> 
> > My patch removes the of_node that was set to a device that was not an
> > of_device, preventing duplicated probing of both the real of_device
> > and the "fake" one created through this assignment.
> >
> > I understand that the DSA issue that triggered the initial change
> > was related to DSA finding the network devices using
> > of_find_net_device_by_node(), something that will not work for the
> > DPAA case where the netdevice does not have an of_node. I do not know
> > enough about DSA to come up with a solution for this problem now.
> > Andrew, Florian, can you please comment on this?
> 
> It sounds like you're knowingly breaking DSA.

It never worked, even with the change I'm reverting.