netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: dsa: b53: Disable all ports on setup

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Message-ID: <d5df00f5-599c-56ce-f93e-31587d16145a@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:23:06 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Benedikt Spranger <b.spranger@...utronix.de>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: dsa: b53: Disable all ports on setup

On 6/28/19 9:58 AM, Benedikt Spranger wrote:
> A b53 device may configured through an external EEPROM like the switch
> device on the Lamobo R1 router board. The configuration of a port may
> therefore differ from the reset configuration of the switch.
> 
> The switch configuration reported by the DSA subsystem is different until
> the port is configured by DSA i.e. a port can be active, while the DSA
> subsystem reports the port is inactive. Disable all ports and not only
> the unused ones to put all ports into a well defined state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benedikt Spranger <b.spranger@...utronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Makes sense, in fact, that should probably be moved to the DSA core at
some point (wink wink Vivien).
-- 
Florian