netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] net: dsa: enable and disable all ports

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Message-Id: <20190820.123403.529519756132327697.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 20 Aug 2019 12:34:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vivien.didelot@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, marek.behun@....cz, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] net: dsa: enable and disable all ports

From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:00:47 -0400

> The DSA stack currently calls the .port_enable and .port_disable switch
> callbacks for slave ports only. However, it is useful to call them for all
> port types. For example this allows some drivers to delay the optimization
> of power consumption after the switch is setup. This can also help reducing
> the setup code of drivers a bit.
> 
> The first DSA core patches enable and disable all ports of a switch, regardless
> their type. The last mv88e6xxx patches remove redundant code from the driver
> setup and the said callbacks, now that they handle SERDES power for all ports.
> 
> Changes in v2: do not guard .port_disable for broadcom switches.

Series applied, thanks Vivien.