netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v7 5/7] ARM64: dts: marvell: Fix some common switch mistakes

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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 23:20:09 +0300
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To: Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 5/7] ARM64: dts: marvell: Fix some common
 switch mistakes

Hello Chris,

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 08:10:14PM +0000, Chris Packham wrote:
> > Chris, does this look okay?
> 
> There's nothing in the u-boot code for the CN9130-CRB that cares about 
> the switch so I don't think there's any issue ABI wise. We are working 
> on our own CN9130 based router with a L2 switch but it's at a point we 
> can follow whatever upstream decide is the final schema.

Thank you for taking the time to confirm.

> In terms of my personal preference the schema quoted up thread has the 
> pattern  '^(ethernet-)?switch(@.*)?$' (i.e. the 'ethernet-' part is 
> optional) so I'd personally prefer switch0@6 -> switch@6 but that's only 
> a slight preference because I deal with Ethernet switches day in day out.

The movement originally came from "ports" to "ethernet-ports" at Rob's
suggestion, because of the name clash with the ports from graph.yaml.
Then we also did "switch" -> "ethernet-switch" because you'll also find
"pcie-switch" in mainline device trees.