The 02/18/2021 13:17, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
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Hi Vladimir,
> Hi Horatiu,
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 12:47:26PM +0100, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
> > This patch fixes the ocelot MRP switchdev driver such that also DSA
> > driver can use these functions. Before the driver presumed that the
> > net_device uses a 'struct ocelot_port_private' as priv which was wrong.
> >
> > The only reason for using ocelot_port_private was to access the
> > net_device, but this can be passed as an argument because we already
> > have this information. Therefore update the functions to have also the
> > net_device parameter.
> >
> > Fixes: a026c50b599fa ("net: dsa: felix: Add support for MRP")
> > Fixes: d8ea7ff3995ea ("net: mscc: ocelot: Add support for MRP")
> > Reported-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.olt...@nxp.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vul...@microchip.com>
> >
> > ---
>
> Do you mind if we drop this patch for now (the net-next pull request was
> already sent) and I will ensure that the MRP assist for Felix DSA works
> properly when I find the time to compile your mrp/cfp user space
> packages and give them a try?
Yes is perfectly fine for me.
>
> There are more issues to be fixed than your patch addresses. For
> example, MRP will only work with the NPI-based tagging protocol,
> somebody needs to reject MRP objects when ocelot-8021q is in use.
> I think it's better for someone who has access to a DSA setup to ensure
> that the driver is in a reasonable state.
I agree on that. If this will require any changes to the switchdev part,
I would definitely like to test those.
>
> Sorry for not reviewing the MRP patches in time.
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/Horatiu
