From: Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:36:25 +0100
> So this is the discussion we need to have. > > The interface to the outside work is the two switch ports with real > PHYs. What you are implementing is an Ethernet driver for an internal > port connected to the switch. This port does not go to the outside > world. This driver provides no way to control the ports to the outside > world and you have no short term plan to actually implement control of > the ports connected to the outside world. > > Should the Linux community accept this driver in this state? > > I would prefer to see a simple switchdev or DSA driver which exposes > the two external ports. I do not think, with all the infrastructure we have, that we should accept pure ethernet drivers for such devices any more. About year ago I would have responded differently, but these days all of the necessary support and infrastructure is there, and reasonable easy for driver authors to use.
