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

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Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:34:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     b.spranger@...utronix.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bigeasy@...utronix.de, kurt@...utronix.de, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: dsa: b53: Disable all ports on setup

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:23:06 -0700

> 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>

Applied.