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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn•ch>
To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail•com>
Cc: netdev@vger•kernel.org, davem@davemloft•net,
	vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux•com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] net: dsa: Suffix function manipulating device_node with _dn
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 00:52:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160705225203.GE28825@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <577C3817.1070908@gmail.com>

> That is true for the devices I know about, both in and out of tree,
> however, while discussing offline with Vivien it seemed like there was a
> potential need for having a x86-based platform which could need that,
> Vivien do you think this platform could be in-tree one day (if not already)?

x86 can do device tree. And if it is a complex board, it probably
needs more of the device tree features like fixed-phys, phy-mode,
devlink when it lands, etc.

If this board really does come to mainline, we should consider support
for it, one way or the other, but until then, i prefer KISS.

   Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-05 22:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-05 22:07 [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: dsa: Preparatory patches for pdata Florian Fainelli
2016-07-05 22:07 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] net: dsa: Pass device pointer to dsa_register_switch Florian Fainelli
2016-07-05 22:23   ` Andrew Lunn
2016-07-05 22:07 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/4] net: dsa: Make most functions take a dsa_port argument Florian Fainelli
2016-07-05 22:30   ` Andrew Lunn
2016-07-05 22:07 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] net: dsa: Suffix function manipulating device_node with _dn Florian Fainelli
2016-07-05 22:36   ` Andrew Lunn
2016-07-05 22:43     ` Florian Fainelli
2016-07-05 22:52       ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2016-07-06  1:59       ` Vivien Didelot
2016-07-07 17:57         ` Florian Fainelli
2016-07-05 22:07 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] net: dsa: Move ports assignment closer to error checking Florian Fainelli
2016-07-05 22:37   ` Andrew Lunn
2016-07-06 11:50   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-07-07  2:00 ` [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: dsa: Preparatory patches for pdata Vivien Didelot
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2017-01-26 18:45 [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: dsa: Preparatory patches Florian Fainelli
2017-01-26 18:45 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] net: dsa: Suffix function manipulating device_node with _dn Florian Fainelli

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