On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 03:35:30PM +0000, Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu wrote: > > -----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
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
