> > Hello, > > I just pushed a fist pr to the openwrt github repo for ipq806x port to > > kernel > > 5.10. > > The idea is to switch this target to dsa but there is a problem... > > Since kernel 5.10 is a testing kernel how should I change the base files to > > apply different network config? > > Kernel 5.4 would still use the old swconfig driver and the dsa driver still > > lacks > > vlan support in kernel 5.4. > > Do we have some way in openwrt to know if the system use dsa driver or > > swconfig driver? > > In my personal opinion, implementing a solution for a split config is a waste > of > time. What would we gain? > If the aim is to switch to DSA, just convert to 5.10 with DSA. Then we might > need > a bit more testing of the PR before merging it, but work would be focused on > what's the aim of the entire thing. IIRC that's also how it was done for > mt7621 > as the initial DSA target back then. >
I backported the dsa patch to 5.4 and I converted the board and dts file to dsa. The testing kernel is ready... We just need some testing... Since some target still use the old driver, can we keep swconfig and the old driver compiled?
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