netdev - Re: [PATCH 6/9] net: dsa: marvell: Provide per device information about max frame size

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Date:   Tue, 8 Nov 2022 14:47:32 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
Cc:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] net: dsa: marvell: Provide per device information
 about max frame size

On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 09:23:27AM +0100, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> Different Marvell DSA switches support different size of max frame
> bytes to be sent.
> 
> For example mv88e6185 supports max 1632B, which is now in-driver
> standard value. On the other hand - mv88e6071 supports 2048 bytes.
> 
> As this value is internal and may be different for each switch IC
> new entry in struct mv88e6xxx_info has been added to store it.
> 
> When the 'max_frame_size' is not defined (and hence zeroed by
> the kvzalloc()) the default of 1632 bytes is used.

I would prefer every entry states the value. That both simplifies the
code, and probably reduces the likelihood of somebody forgetting to
set it when adding a new chip.

    Andrew