netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: dsa: don't fail to probe if we couldn't set the MTU

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Message-ID: <35b913be-edcf-cf3d-fb79-c69c1aa4ff96@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:20:10 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        o.rempel@...gutronix.de
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: dsa: don't fail to probe if we couldn't set
 the MTU



On 4/21/2020 10:18 AM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> 
> There is no reason to fail the probing of the switch if the MTU couldn't
> be configured correctly (either the switch port itself, or the host
> port) for whatever reason. MTU-sized traffic probably won't work, sure,
> but we can still probably limp on and support some form of communication
> anyway, which the users would probably appreciate more.
> 
> Fixes: bfcb813203e6 ("net: dsa: configure the MTU for switch ports")
> Reported-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

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