netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 08/13] net: dsa: Add helper function to retrieve VLAN awareness setting

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Date:   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:55:00 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 08/13] net: dsa: Add helper function to retrieve
 VLAN awareness setting

On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 09:45:49PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Since different types of hardware may or may not support this setting
> per-port, DSA keeps it either in dsa_switch or in dsa_port.
> 
> While drivers may know the characteristics of their hardware and
> retrieve it from the correct place without the need of helpers, it is
> cumbersone to find out an unambigous answer from generic DSA code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew