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| author |   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-09-05 08:13:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-09-05 08:13:24 +0200 |
| commit | 9c2edd8b5bcb36ec6c890dd85f8fd13034aaa43e (patch) | |
| tree | 052b3c229e00462cd0c5773c8b6b9fe314e86f38 /Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt | |
| parent | staging: octeon: Use IS_ENABLED() instead of checking for built-in or module (diff) | |
| parent | Linux 4.8-rc5 (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-9c2edd8b5bcb36ec6c890dd85f8fd13034aaa43e.tar.xz linux-dev-9c2edd8b5bcb36ec6c890dd85f8fd13034aaa43e.zip | |
Merge 4.8-rc5 into staging-next
We want the staging fixes in here as well to handle merge issues.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt index 9d05ed7f7da5..f20c884c048a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt @@ -587,26 +587,6 @@ of DSA, would be the its port-based VLAN, used by the associated bridge device. TODO ==== -The platform device problem ---------------------------- -DSA is currently implemented as a platform device driver which is far from ideal -as was discussed in this thread: - -http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/329848 - -This basically prevents the device driver model to be properly used and applied, -and support non-MDIO, non-MMIO Ethernet connected switches. - -Another problem with the platform device driver approach is that it prevents the -use of a modular switch drivers build due to a circular dependency, illustrated -here: - -http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/345803 - -Attempts of reworking this has been done here: - -https://lwn.net/Articles/643149/ - Making SWITCHDEV and DSA converge towards an unified codebase ------------------------------------------------------------- |