netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v2 2/4] drivers: net: dsa: qca8k: drop port_sts from qca8k

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Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 16:49:55 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 2/4] drivers: net: dsa: qca8k: drop port_sts
 from qca8k_priv

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 07:30:17PM +0200, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> Port_sts is a thing of the past for this driver. It was something
> present on the initial implementation of this driver and parts of the
> original struct were dropped over time. Using an array of int to store if
> a port is enabled or not to handle PM operation seems overkill. Switch
> and use a simple u8 to store the port status where each bit correspond
> to a port. (bit is set port is enabled, bit is not set, port is disabled)
> Also add some comments to better describe why we need to track port
> status.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>