Re: [PATCH net-next 06/12] net: dsa: rzn1-a5psw: add Renesas RZ/N1 advanced 5 port switch driver

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: "Clément Léger" <clement.leger@bootlin.com>
Cc: "Andrew Lunn" <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	"Vivien Didelot" <vivien.didelot@gmail.com>,
	"Florian Fainelli" <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	"Vladimir Oltean" <olteanv@gmail.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"Rob Herring" <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	"Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
	"Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
	"Magnus Damm" <magnus.damm@gmail.com>,
	"Heiner Kallweit" <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
	"Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
	"Herve Codina" <herve.codina@bootlin.com>,
	"Miquèl Raynal" <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
	"Milan Stevanovic" <milan.stevanovic@se.com>,
	"Jimmy Lalande" <jimmy.lalande@se.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	"Laurent Gonzales" <laurent.gonzales@non.se.com>,
	"Jean-Pierre Geslin" <jean-pierre.geslin@non.se.com>,
	"Phil Edworthy" <phil.edworthy@renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/12] net: dsa: rzn1-a5psw: add Renesas RZ/N1 advanced 5 port switch driver
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 09:52:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YlkyU7jRAi5037up@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220415104029.5e52080b@fixe.home>

On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:40:29AM +0200, Clément Léger wrote:
> Le Thu, 14 Apr 2022 14:02:10 +0100,
> "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk> a écrit :
> 
> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 02:22:44PM +0200, Clément Léger wrote:
> > > Add Renesas RZ/N1 advanced 5 port switch driver. This switch handles 5
> > > ports including 1 CPU management port. A MDIO bus is also exposed by
> > > this switch and allows to communicate with PHYs connected to the ports.
> > > Each switch port (except for the CPU management ports) are connected to
> > > the MII converter.
> > > 
> > > This driver include basic bridging support, more support will be added
> > > later (vlan, etc).  
> > 
> > This patch looks to me like it needs to be updated...
> 
> Hi Russell,
> 
> When you say so, do you expect the VLAN support to be included ?

I was referring to the use of .phylink_validate rather than
.phylink_get_caps - all but one DSA driver have been recently updated
to use the latter, and the former should now only be used in
exceptional circumstances.

Thanks.

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