netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/7] dt-bindings: mv88e6xxx: add ability to set default queue priorities per port

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Date:   Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:42:24 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Robert Beckett <bob.beckett@...labora.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] dt-bindings: mv88e6xxx: add ability to set default
 queue priorities per port

On 9/10/19 8:41 AM, Robert Beckett wrote:
> Document a new setting for Marvell switch chips to set the default queue
> priorities per port.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Beckett <bob.beckett@...labora.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/marvell.txt | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/marvell.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/marvell.txt
> index 6f9538974bb9..e097c3c52eac 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/marvell.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/marvell.txt
> @@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ Optional properties:
>  			  bus. The node must contains a compatible string of
>  			  "marvell,mv88e6xxx-mdio-external"
>  
> +Optional properties for ports:
> +- defqpri=<n>		: Enforced default queue priority for the given port.
> +			  Valid range is 0..3

This is a vendor specific driver/property,
marvell,default-queue-priority (which be cheapskate on words) would be
more readable. But still, I have some more fundamental issues with the
general approach, see my response in the cover letter.
-- 
Florian