> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:and...@lunn.ch] > Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 6:24 PM > To: Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tu...@nxp.com> > Cc: Stuart Yoder <stuyo...@gmail.com>; Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>; > Ioana Ciornei <ioana.cior...@nxp.com>; gregkh > <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>; Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org>; Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu > <ruxandra.radule...@nxp.com>; Razvan Stefanescu > <razvan.stefane...@nxp.com>; Roy Pledge <roy.ple...@nxp.com>; > Networking <netdev@vger.kernel.org> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] bus: fsl-mc: add restool userspace support > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 02:43:29PM +0000, Laurentiu Tudor wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > > > On 04/05/2018 03:48 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > >>> Hi Laurentiu > > >>> > > >>> So i can use switchdev without it? I can modprobe the switchdev > > >>> driver, all the physical interfaces will appear, and i can use ip addr > > >>> add etc. I do not need to use a user space tool at all in order to use > > >>> the network functionality? > > >> > > >> Absolutely! > > > > > > Great. > > > > > > Then the easiest way forwards is to simply drop the IOCTL code for the > > > moment. Get the basic support for the hardware into the kernel > > > first. Then come back later to look at dynamic behaviour which needs > > > some form of configuration. > > > > Hmm, not sure I understand. We already have a fully functional ethernet > > driver [1] and a switch driver [2] ... > > In staging, the tree of crap. You want to get it out of there and into > the main tree. But that effort is being side lined by the discussion > around this IOCTL call. The best way forward is to to accept Greg is > not going to take this patchset at the moment, and move on. As you > said, it is not needed for the Ethernet and switchdev driver. > > What needs to happen before the Ethernet driver can be reviewed for > moving out of staging?
Hi Andrew, We're waiting for the DPIO driver (which we depend on) to be moved out of staging first, it's currently under review: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/27/1086 Ioana
