From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E622CCA9EB5 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2019 16:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E9D2089C for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2019 16:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="HG1hjyBf" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729242AbfKDQmR (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Nov 2019 11:42:17 -0500 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([185.16.172.187]:48226 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727998AbfKDQmR (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Nov 2019 11:42:17 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=sHehTGcVoX2o9hizOaow9QsBaYLM8i35tX23WVyF6H4=; b=HG1hjyBfZkWV9J95TsPA1owdqx jMpZh4dVKajkKUfxqltYYhJ5EFvydqJWB0Co+19lgFtFwT9TVVkhTOLrRlLjYf1o53lPFzEPrrGr6 ujgMEDt4UprxGPMRU3d7FxittQcP0shp2+dOv1IR6LqpnddJY93iu8Zc/DaBRyb/ty0s=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.92.2) (envelope-from ) id 1iRfQf-00057J-Bt; Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:42:09 +0100 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 17:42:09 +0100 From: Andrew Lunn To: Greg KH Cc: Jack Ping CHNG , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, andriy.shevchenko@intel.com, mallikarjunax.reddy@linux.intel.com, cheol.yong.kim@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] staging: intel-dpa: gswip: Introduce Gigabit Ethernet Switch (GSWIP) device driver Message-ID: <20191104164209.GC16970@lunn.ch> References: <03832ecb6a34876ef26a24910816f22694c0e325.1572863013.git.jack.ping.chng@intel.com> <20191104122009.GA2126921@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191104122009.GA2126921@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 01:20:09PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 07:22:20PM +0800, Jack Ping CHNG wrote: > > This driver enables the Intel's LGM SoC GSWIP block. > > GSWIP is a core module tailored for L2/L3/L4+ data plane and QoS functions. > > It allows CPUs and other accelerators connected to the SoC datapath > > to enqueue and dequeue packets through DMAs. > > Most configuration values are stored in tables such as > > Parsing and Classification Engine tables, Buffer Manager tables and > > Pseudo MAC tables. > > Why is this being submitted to staging? What is wrong with the "real" > part of the kernel for this? Or even, what is wrong with the current driver? drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c? Jack, your patch does not seem to of made it to any of the lists. So i cannot comment on it contents. If this is a switch driver, please ensure you Cc: the usual suspects for switch drivers. Andrew