netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 12/13] net: dsa: felix: move probing to felix

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Message-ID: <41c190a5-34cd-30b9-1cc9-01a795943b1a@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 30 May 2020 14:34:09 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        antoine.tenart@...tlin.com, alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, alexandru.marginean@....com,
        claudiu.manoil@....com, madalin.bucur@....nxp.com,
        radu-andrei.bulie@....com, fido_max@...ox.ru, broonie@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 12/13] net: dsa: felix: move probing to
 felix_vsc9959.c



On 5/30/2020 4:51 AM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> 
> Felix is not actually meant to be a DSA driver only for the switch
> inside NXP LS1028A, but an umbrella for all Vitesse / Microsemi /
> Microchip switches that are register-compatible with Ocelot and that are
> using in DSA mode (with an NPI Ethernet port).
> 
> For the dsa_switch_ops exported by the felix driver to be generic enough
> to be used by other non-PCI switches, we need to move the PCI-specific
> probing to the low-level translation module felix_vsc9959.c. This way,
> other switches can have their own probing functions, as platform devices
> or otherwise.
> 
> This patch also removes the "Felix instance table", which did not stand
> the test of time and is unnecessary at this point.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

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