From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Lunn Subject: Re: [RFC v2, net-next, PATCH 4/4] net/cpsw_switchdev: add switchdev mode of operation on cpsw driver Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:57:44 +0200 Message-ID: <20180620175744.GC18825@lunn.ch> References: <1528974690-31600-1-git-send-email-ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org> <1528974690-31600-5-git-send-email-ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org> <20180618161627.GC5865@lunn.ch> <20180618201940.GA5890@apalos> <671c83ea-6227-cc09-e604-14cfa6804726@redhat.com> <20180620175128.GA27235@apalos> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Ivan Vecera , netdev@vger.kernel.org, grygorii.strashko@ti.com, ivan.khoronzhuk@linaro.org, nsekhar@ti.com, jiri@resnulli.us, f.fainelli@gmail.com, francois.ozog@linaro.org, yogeshs@ti.com, spatton@ti.com, Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com To: Ilias Apalodimas Return-path: Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([185.16.172.187]:37935 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754185AbeFTR5s (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:57:48 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180620175128.GA27235@apalos> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > > Another good reason for a new driver. > > > > I. > This is actually conflicting at least to my understanding. Jiri proposed using > devlink was used as an alternative method to enable a new mode instead of > adding it on a .config option. A new driver wouldn't have a need for that right? A new driver would only do switchdev. So correct, there would not be any configuration need. It would also give you a chance to have a new device tree binding, if that helps at all. Andrew