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From: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@waldekranz.com>
To: Mickey Rachamim <mickeyr@marvell.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@plvision.eu>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"netdev\@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next 5/7] net: marvell: prestera: add LAG support
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:44:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87blcr4mxx.fsf@waldekranz.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BN6PR18MB15879B93E3B3BC4F1E92103BBA8D9@BN6PR18MB1587.namprd18.prod.outlook.com>

On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 10:41, Mickey Rachamim <mickeyr@marvell.com> wrote:
>> Until that day arrives, are there any chances of Marvell opening up CPSS in the same way DSDT was re-licensed some years back?
> The CPSS code is available to everyone on Marvell Extranet (Requires simple registration process)

Right, but "available" is not the same as "open" unfortunately. Being
able to study the source is better than nothing, but it is a far cry
from having the ability to modify it and, most importantly, publish
those changes.

So, to restate my question more precisely: Can we expect that Marvell
will provide CPSS under a license that is compatible with the Linux
kernel?

If that is not possible, will Marvell at least commit to allow the
publishing of drivers developed from functional specifications and other
chip documentation?

> Anyway, as the transition process will progress - it will be less required.

Yes, but it makes it hard for smaller players to get on the ride early.

>> Being able to clone github.com/Marvell-switching/prestera-firmware (or
>> whatever) and build the firmware from source would go a long way to alleviate my fears at least.
> I understand your concerns but at this stage - we also concerned about others that might build not reliable FW images.

Totally fair. That problem should be solvable by some kind of taint
concept though. Presumably you have this problem already with the
existing SDK model? Customers can build things on top of CPSS that are
broken in a million ways.

> I also agree that at some point we should ensure most of the concerns are being addressed.
>
> Mickey.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-10 21:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-03 16:54 [PATCH net-next 0/7] Marvell Prestera Switchdev misc updates Vadym Kochan
2021-02-03 16:54 ` [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: marvell: prestera: bump supported firmware version to 2.5 Vadym Kochan
2021-02-03 16:54 ` [PATCH net-next 2/7] net: marvell: prestera: disable events interrupt while handling Vadym Kochan
2021-02-05  5:10   ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-02-05 11:28     ` Vadym Kochan
2021-02-03 16:54 ` [PATCH net-next 3/7] net: marvell: prestera: add support for AC3X 98DX3265 device Vadym Kochan
2021-02-03 16:54 ` [PATCH net-next 4/7] net: marvell: prestera: move netdev topology validation to prestera_main Vadym Kochan
2021-02-05 14:09   ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-02-03 16:54 ` [PATCH net-next 5/7] net: marvell: prestera: add LAG support Vadym Kochan
2021-02-05  5:16   ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-02-08 19:54     ` Tobias Waldekranz
2021-02-08 21:05       ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-02-08 22:30         ` Andrew Lunn
2021-02-09 12:37           ` Tobias Waldekranz
2021-02-09 11:56         ` Tobias Waldekranz
2021-02-09 17:48           ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-02-09 13:58         ` Andrew Lunn
2021-02-09 17:35           ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-02-09 20:31             ` [EXT] " Mickey Rachamim
2021-02-09 21:34               ` Tobias Waldekranz
2021-02-10 10:41                 ` Mickey Rachamim
2021-02-10 21:44                   ` Tobias Waldekranz [this message]
2021-02-10  0:28               ` Andrew Lunn
2021-02-10 10:42                 ` Mickey Rachamim
2021-02-10 19:25               ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-02-10 20:52             ` Taras Chornyi
2021-02-05 15:24   ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-02-03 16:54 ` [PATCH net-next 6/7] net: marvell: prestera: align flood setting according to latest firmware version Vadym Kochan
2021-02-03 16:54 ` [PATCH net-next 7/7] net: marvell: prestera: fix port event handling on init Vadym Kochan
2021-02-05  5:19   ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-02-05 12:31     ` Vadym Kochan

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