netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: dsa: b53: Turn on Broadcom tags

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Message-ID: <6f7905eb-533a-6cc9-495c-405a5f771ed4@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 9 Nov 2017 14:29:04 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: dsa: b53: Turn on Broadcom tags

On 11/09/2017 02:26 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This was long overdue, with this patch series, the b53 driver now
> turns on Broadcom tags except for 5325 and 5365 which use an older
> format that we do not support yet (TBD).
> 
> First patch is necessary in order for bgmac, used on BCM5301X and Northstar
> Plus to work correctly and successfully send ARP packets back to the requsester.
> 
> Second patch is actually a bug fix, but because net/master and net-next/master
> diverge in that area, I am targeting net-next/master here.
> 
> Finally, the last patch enables Broadcom tags after checking that the CPU port
> selected is either, 5, 7 or 8, since those are the only valid combinations
> given currently supported HW.

David, I need to respin patch 2 and 3 since I squashed an incorrect hunk
into patch 2 which should have been in patch 3, thus breaking bisectability.
-- 
Florian