netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 4/4] net: dsa: remove the DSA specific notifiers

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Message-ID: <3da4edeb-6d12-8166-dc0f-ede5757454cc@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:24:20 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 4/4] net: dsa: remove the DSA specific
 notifiers



On 12/18/2020 2:38 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> This effectively reverts commit 60724d4bae14 ("net: dsa: Add support for
> DSA specific notifiers"). The reason is that since commit 2f1e8ea726e9
> ("net: dsa: link interfaces with the DSA master to get rid of lockdep
> warnings"), it appears that there is a generic way to achieve the same
> purpose. The only user thus far, the Broadcom SYSTEMPORT driver, was
> converted to use the generic notifiers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

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