Documentation: networking: dsa: Remove platform device TODO
Since commit 83c0afaec7
("net: dsa: Add new binding implementation"),
the shortcomings of the dsa platform device have been addressed, remove
that TODO item.
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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The platform device problem
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DSA is currently implemented as a platform device driver which is far from ideal
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as was discussed in this thread:
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http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/329848
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This basically prevents the device driver model to be properly used and applied,
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and support non-MDIO, non-MMIO Ethernet connected switches.
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Another problem with the platform device driver approach is that it prevents the
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use of a modular switch drivers build due to a circular dependency, illustrated
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here:
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http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/345803
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Attempts of reworking this has been done here:
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https://lwn.net/Articles/643149/
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Making SWITCHDEV and DSA converge towards an unified codebase
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Making SWITCHDEV and DSA converge towards an unified codebase
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