Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Allow dynamic reconfiguration of tag protocol

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> Since DSA is supported on all devices, perhaps we should just have:
> 
> enum mv88e6xxx_edsa_support {
>      MV88E6XXX_EDSA_UNSUPPORTED,
>      MV88E6XXX_EDSA_UNDOCUMENTED,
>      MV88E6XXX_EDSA_SUPPORTED,
> };

Yes, that is O.K.
 
> Do we also want to default to DSA on all devices unless there is a
> DT-property saying something else? Using EDSA does not really give you
> anything over bare tags anymore. You have fixed the tcpdump-issue, and
> the tagger drivers have been unified so there should be no risk of any
> regressions there either.

The regressions with be exactly what you are trying to fix here. A MAC
which does not understand the DSA tag and does the wrong thing, where
as currently it is using EDSA and working.

So i would keep things as they are by default.

   Andrew



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