netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 07/11] net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: rename extport to extint, add "realtek,ext-int"

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Date:   Sun, 16 Jan 2022 20:25:15 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linus.walleij@...aro.org, andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        olteanv@...il.com, alsi@...g-olufsen.dk, arinc.unal@...nc9.com,
        frank-w@...lic-files.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 07/11] net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: rename
 extport to extint, add "realtek,ext-int"



On 1/4/2022 7:15 PM, Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:
> "extport" 0, 1, 2 was used to reference external ports (ext0,
> ext1, ext2). Meanwhile, port 0..9 is used as switch ports,
> including external ports. "extport" was renamed to extint to
> make it clear it does not mean the port number but the external
> interface number.
> 
> The macros that map extint numbers to registers addresses now
> use inline ifs instead of binary arithmetic.
> 
> "extint" was hardcoded to 1. However, some chips have multiple
> external interfaces. It's not right to assume the CPU port uses
> extint 1 nor that all extint are CPU ports. Now the association
> between the port and the external interface can be defined with
> a device-tree port property "realtek,ext-int".
> 
> This patch still does not allow multiple CPU ports nor extint
> as a non CPU port.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>
> Tested-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>

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