netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 05/12] Documentation: networking: dsa: remove TODO about porting more vendor drivers

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Date:   Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:59:06 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>,
        DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>,
        Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>,
        George McCollister <george.mccollister@...il.com>,
        Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 05/12] Documentation: networking: dsa:
 remove TODO about porting more vendor drivers

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 11:33:48PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> 
> On one hand, the link is dead and therefore useless.
> 
> On the other hand, there are always more drivers to port, but at this
> stage, DSA does not need to affirm itself as the driver model to use for
> Ethernet-connected switches (since we already have 15 tagging protocols
> supported and probably more switch families from various vendors), so
> there is nothing actionable to do.

Yes, we have already taken over the universe :-)

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew