From: gregkh <gregkh@linuxfoundation•org>
To: Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@nxp•com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn•ch>,
Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@nxp•com>,
Stuart Yoder <stuyoder@gmail•com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb•de>,
Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp•com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org>,
Razvan Stefanescu <razvan.stefanescu@nxp•com>,
Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@nxp•com>,
Networking <netdev@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] bus: fsl-mc: add restool userspace support
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 18:12:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180405161214.GB9976@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <HE1PR0402MB2700E32234735AC12C18BB8F94BB0@HE1PR0402MB2700.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 03:35:30PM +0000, Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@lunn•ch]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 6:24 PM
> > To: Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@nxp•com>
> > Cc: Stuart Yoder <stuyoder@gmail•com>; Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb•de>;
> > Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp•com>; gregkh
> > <gregkh@linuxfoundation•org>; Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-
> > kernel@vger•kernel.org>; Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu
> > <ruxandra.radulescu@nxp•com>; Razvan Stefanescu
> > <razvan.stefanescu@nxp•com>; Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@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
That's stalled on my side right now as the merge window is open and I
can't do any new stuff until after 4.17-rc1 is out. So everyone please
be patient a bit...
thanks,
greg k-h
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2018-03-28 15:43 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] bus: fsl-mc: add restool userspace support Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-28 16:28 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-02 13:24 ` Ioana Ciornei
2018-04-02 13:44 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-03 11:12 ` Razvan Stefanescu
2018-04-03 13:04 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-03 23:57 ` Stuart Yoder
2018-04-04 1:05 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-04 3:22 ` Stuart Yoder
2018-04-04 12:42 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-05 4:24 ` Stuart Yoder
2018-04-05 10:30 ` Laurentiu Tudor
2018-04-05 11:47 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-05 12:16 ` Laurentiu Tudor
2018-04-05 12:48 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-05 14:43 ` Laurentiu Tudor
2018-04-05 15:23 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-05 15:35 ` Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu
2018-04-05 16:12 ` gregkh [this message]
2018-04-05 16:56 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-04-05 12:30 ` gregkh
2018-04-05 14:09 ` Laurentiu Tudor
2018-04-05 14:19 ` gregkh
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