netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] dsa: marvell: Provide per device information about max frame size

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Date:   Mon, 2 Jan 2023 20:58:02 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
Cc:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] dsa: marvell: Provide per device information
 about max frame size

On Mon, Jan 02, 2023 at 04:02:07PM +0100, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> Different Marvell DSA switches support different size of max frame
> bytes to be sent.
> 
> For example mv88e6185 supports max 1632 bytes, which is now in-driver
> standard value. On the other hand - mv88e6250 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
> 
> ---
> Changes for v2:
> - Define max_frame_size with default value of 1632 bytes,
> - Set proper value for the mv88e6250 switch SoC (linkstreet) family
> 
> Changes for v3:
> - Add default value for 1632B of the max frame size (to avoid problems
>   with not defined values)

I would add a WARN_ON_ONCE(!chip->info->max_frame_size) so a missing
value is detected. You can then skip the complexity of a default.

	Andrew