Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 6/7] net: dsa: realtek-smi: add rtl8365mb subdriver for RTL8365MB-VC

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On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 7:11 PM Alvin Šipraga <alvin@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch adds a realtek-smi subdriver for the RTL8365MB-VC 4+1 port
> 10/100/1000M switch controller. The driver has been developed based on a
> GPL-licensed OS-agnostic Realtek vendor driver known as rtl8367c found
> in the OpenWrt source tree.

This version is really nice!

> v2 -> v3:
>   - following the stats change, it became apparent that the rtl8366
>     helper library is no longer that helpful; scrap it and implement
>     the ethtool ops specifically for this chip

I wonder if I should just scrap it in general when I convert RTL8366RB over
to use your new nice callbacks? Just push that part down into the
driver for each chip.

I vaguely remember the RTL8366S having the same counters though...
(I think this is why it is in the shared library at all.)

Yours,
Linus Walleij




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