netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next] net: dsa: felix: allow the device to be disabled

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Date:   Mon, 4 May 2020 10:48:37 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next] net: dsa: felix: allow the device to be
 disabled



On 5/4/2020 9:52 AM, Michael Walle wrote:
> If there is no specific configuration of the felix switch in the device
> tree, but only the default configuration (ie. given by the SoCs dtsi
> file), the probe fails because no CPU port has been set. On the other
> hand you cannot set a default CPU port because that depends on the
> actual board using the switch.
> 
> [    2.701300] DSA: tree 0 has no CPU port
> [    2.705167] mscc_felix 0000:00:00.5: Failed to register DSA switch: -22
> [    2.711844] mscc_felix: probe of 0000:00:00.5 failed with error -22
> 
> Thus let the device tree disable this device entirely, like it is also
> done with the enetc driver of the same SoC.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>

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