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Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch driver (ESW)

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On 26/02/2016 16:18, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 03:21:35PM +0100, John Crispin wrote:
>> The ESW is found in many of the old 100mbit MIPS based SoCs. it has 5
>> external ports, 1 cpu port and 1 further port that the internal HW
>> offloading engine connects to.
>>
>> This driver is very basic and only provides basic init and irq support.
>> The SoC and switch core both have support for a special tag making DSA
>> support possible.
> 
> Hi Crispin
> 
> There was recently a discussion about adding switches without using
> DSA or switchdev. It was pretty much decided we would not accept such
> drivers.
> 
> Sorry
> 
> 	Andrew
> 
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Hi,

would the series be ok if we just dropped those parts and then have a
driver in the kernel that wont do much with the out of tree patches ?

the problem here is that on one side people complain about vendors not
sending code upstream. once they start being a good citizen and provide
funding to send stuff upstream the feedback tends to be very bad as seen
here. we are planning on doing a DSA driver but one step at a time. this
kind of feedback will inevitably lead to vendors doing second thoughts
of upstream contributions.

	John

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[PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch driver (ESW) John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org> - 2016-02-26 15:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch driver  (ESW) Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2016-02-26 16:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch driver  (ESW) John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org> - 2016-02-26 16:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch driver  (ESW) Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2016-02-26 18:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch  driver (ESW) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-02-26 18:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch  driver (ESW) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-02-26 18:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch driver  (ESW) Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2016-02-26 19:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch driver  (ESW) Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> - 2016-02-26 17:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch driver  (ESW) Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2016-02-26 18:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch  driver (ESW) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-02-26 18:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH V2 03/12] net-next: mediatek: add embedded switch  driver (ESW) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-02-26 18:40 +0100

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