Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] net: ethernet: renesas: Add Ethernet Switch driver

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 07:23:26PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/19/2022 1:35 AM, Yoshihiro Shimoda wrote:
> > Add Renesas Ethernet Switch driver for R-Car S4-8 to be used as an
> > ethernet controller.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> How can this be a switch driver when it does not include any switchdev
> header files nor does it attempt to be using the DSA framework? You are
> certainly duplicating a lot of things that DSA would do for you like
> managing PHYs and registering per-port nework devices. Why?

Hi Florian

It is not clear yet if this is actually a DSA switch. I asked these
questions a few revisions ago and it actually looks like it is a pure
switchdev switch. It might be possible to make it a DSA switch. It is
a bit fuzzy, since it is all internal and integrated.

  Andrew



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