On 05/30/2017 12:55 PM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> Hi Florian,
> 
> Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I actually have a patch pending that adds support for HW
>> insertion/extraction of switch tags (broadcom HW supports that) which
>> require the orig_dev to be there so we know what features are supported
>> by the master network device.
> 
> Is orig_dev really needed in the tagging implementation, or only in the
> layer above? (dsa_slave_xmit and dsa_switch_rcv.)

It's needed:

https://github.com/ffainelli/linux/commits/switch-tag
https://github.com/ffainelli/linux/commit/61f9ca70dd21bb8c1615f959934cd0ce80a2f3ce

> 
>> Do you mind dropping this one from your patch series?
> 
> I don't mind if they are actually needed in taggers. I'd wait for
> reviews of the other patches before respinning though.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>         Vivien
> 


-- 
Florian

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