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Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: add CONFIG_NET_DSA_LEGACY

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On 04/11/2017 01:52 PM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> This patch moves as is the legacy DSA code from dsa.c to legacy.c,
> except the few shared symbols which remain in dsa.c.
> 
> Compile legacy.o only if a new CONFIG_NET_DSA_LEGACY symbol is enabled,
> which is true by default.
> 
> DSA drivers without legacy support don't need the probe function as well
> as driver registration helpers anymore, so remove their definitions if
> CONFIG_NET_DSA_LEGACY is disabled.
> 
> NET_DSA_MV88E6060 and NET_DSA_BCM_SF2 now depend on the legacy support.

BCM_SF2 is not dependent on legacy support since it got converted to the
new API in the past few months.

You may want to generate your patch with git format-patch -M to help
detect renames/code movements.

Thanks for doing this!
-- 
Florian

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Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: add CONFIG_NET_DSA_LEGACY Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-04-11 23:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: add CONFIG_NET_DSA_LEGACY Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> - 2017-04-12 16:30 +0200

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