netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: dsa: felix: allow the device to be disabled

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Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:01:18 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: dsa: felix: allow the device to be disabled

e> IMHO since DSA is already dependent on device tree for PHY bindings,
> it would make more sense to move this there:

That is not really true. You can instantiate a marvell switch using a
platform device. So long any you only have C22 PHYs in a sane
configuration, it will just work. There are boards out there do this,
on x86 platforms without device tree.

	Andrew