netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/8] net: dsa: microchip: Modify KSZ9477 DSA driver in preparation to add other KSZ switch drivers

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Message-ID: <b4393977-7b5a-89a3-d7a2-8936457166dd@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:56:02 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com, marek.vasut@...il.com
Cc:     arkadis@...lanox.com, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, pavel@....cz,
        ruediger.schmitt@...lips.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/8] net: dsa: microchip: Modify KSZ9477 DSA
 driver in preparation to add other KSZ switch drivers

On 08/16/2018 02:34 PM, Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 5:29 PM
>> To: Tristram Ha - C24268 <Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com>; Andrew Lunn
>> <andrew@...n.ch>; Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>; Ruediger Schmitt
>> <ruediger.schmitt@...lips.com>
>> Cc: Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@...lanox.com>; UNGLinuxDriver
>> <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>; netdev@...r.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/8] net: dsa: microchip: Modify KSZ9477
>> DSA driver in preparation to add other KSZ switch drivers
>>
>> On 12/05/2017 05:46 PM, Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com wrote:
>>> From: Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com>
>>>
>>> This series of patches is to modify the original KSZ9477 DSA driver so
>>> that other KSZ switch drivers can be added and use the common code.
>>>
>>> There are several steps to accomplish this achievement.  First is to
>>> rename some function names with a prefix to indicate chip specific
>>> function.  Second is to move common code into header that can be shared.
>>> Last is to modify tag_ksz.c so that it can handle many tail tag formats
>>> used by different KSZ switch drivers.
>>>
>>> ksz_common.c will contain the common code used by all KSZ switch drivers.
>>> ksz9477.c will contain KSZ9477 code from the original ksz_common.c.
>>> ksz9477_spi.c is renamed from ksz_spi.c.
>>> ksz9477_reg.h is renamed from ksz_9477_reg.h.
>>> ksz_common.h is added to provide common code access to KSZ switch
>>> drivers.
>>> ksz_spi.h is added to provide common SPI access functions to KSZ SPI
>>> drivers.
>>
>> Is something gating this series from getting included? It's been nearly
>> 8 months now and this has not been include nor resubmitted, any plans to
>> rebase that patch series and work towards inclusion in net-next when it
>> opens back again?
>>
>> Thank you!
> 
> Sorry for the long delay.  I will restart my kernel submission effort next month
> after finishing the work on current development project.
> 

Tristram, any chance of resubmitting this or should someone with access
to those switches take up your series and submit it?
-- 
Florian