Re: [PATCH 7/8] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Add TODO file

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 12:59:59PM +0000, Stuart Yoder wrote:
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org]
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> > To: Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@nxp.com>
> > Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; agraf@suse.de; arnd@arndb.de; Alexandru
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> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Add TODO file
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 10:06:25AM +0000, Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 11:58 AM
> > > > To: Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@nxp.com>
> > > > Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> > > > agraf@suse.de; arnd@arndb.de; Alexandru Marginean
> > > > <alexandru.marginean@nxp.com>; Bogdan Hamciuc
> > > > <bogdan.hamciuc@nxp.com>; Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@nxp.com>; Roy
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> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Add TODO file
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 03:34:41AM -0600, Ioana Radulescu wrote:
> > > > > Add a list of TODO items for the Ethernet driver
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@nxp.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/TODO |    9 +++++++++
> > > > >  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > > > >  create mode 100644 drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/TODO
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/TODO b/drivers/staging/fsl-
> > > > dpaa2/ethernet/TODO
> > > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > > index 0000000..833265b
> > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/TODO
> > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> > > > > +* Add a DPAA2 MAC kernel driver in order to allow PHY management;
> > > > currently
> > > > > +  the DPMAC objects and their link to DPNIs are handled by MC internally
> > > > > +  and all PHYs are seen as fixed-link
> > > > > +* add more debug support: decide how to expose detailed debug
> > > > statistics,
> > > > > +  add ingress error queue support
> > > > > +* MC firmware uprev; the DPAA2 objects used by the Ethernet driver
> > > > need to
> > > > > +  be kept in sync with binary interface changes in MC
> > > > > +* refine README file
> > > > > +* cleanup
> > > >
> > > > These seem like very minor things, why not just spend a week and do this
> > > > work and get it merged to the "correct" portion of the kernel tree?  Why
> > > > does this have to go into staging?
> > >
> > > Actually the first bullet is not minor at all and requires some design
> > > choices that we aren't yet completely clear with, and which in turn may
> > > affect parts of the Ethernet driver. We figured it would be best to try
> > > adding this in staging first (and also provide this way an example of using
> > > the fsl-mc bus and dpio driver) than wait until all MAC development
> > > questions are ironed-out.
> > 
> > Ok, that makes sense.
> > 
> > > I can remove the other bullets from the TODO list if you think they're
> > > not worth mentioning.
> > 
> > No, they should be mentioned, I just didn't think they are all that much
> > work, and if you didn't have major things needed to get done, you could
> > just knock it all out in a week of local development.
> > 
> > I'll look into taking this into the tree later today...
> 
> Note, as mentioned in the cover letter, in it's current form this patch
> series is based on the series:
> [PATCH v3 0/9] staging: fsl-mc: move bus driver out of staging, add dpio
> 
> ...which means that it won't build or run without that series being
> applied first, due to header file dependencies.  It also functionally
> depends on the DPIO driver.  So we need the dpio driver merged first.
> 
> Is moving the fsl-mc bus driver out of staging a possibility now?

I'm ok with it, but I really haven't looked at the patches in a while, I
keep seeing others have problems with it.  Want me to review it now?

thanks,

greg k-h