netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 02/17] net: dsa: modularize DSA_TAG_PROTO

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Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:56:33 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, 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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 02/17] net: dsa: modularize DSA_TAG_PROTO_NONE

On 11/21/22 05:55, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> There is no reason that I can see why the no-op tagging protocol should
> be registered manually, so make it a module and make all drivers which
> have any sort of reference to DSA_TAG_PROTO_NONE select it.
> 
> Note that I don't know if ksz_get_tag_protocol() really needs this,
> or if it's just the logic which is poorly written. All switches seem to
> have their own tagging protocol, and DSA_TAG_PROTO_NONE is just a
> fallback that never gets used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

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