[PATCH net] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: enable special tag when any MAC uses DSA

Arınç ÜNAL arinc.unal at arinc9.com
Wed Feb 8 00:13:48 PST 2023


On 8.02.2023 02:58, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Feb 2023 23:25:32 +0300 Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
>>>> As Paolo pointed out to me off-list this is pretty much a revert of
>>>> commit under Fixes. Is this an actual regression fix, or second MAC
>>>> as DSA port never worked but now you found a way to make it work?
>>>
>>> Second MAC as DSA master after hardware DSA untagging was enabled never
>>> worked. I first disabled it to make the communication work again, then,
>>> with this patch, I found a way to make it work which is what should've
>>> been done with the commit for adding hardware DSA untagging support.
>>
>> Should both commits be mentioned with Fixes tag?
> 
> No strong preference, TBH.
> 
> The motivation for my question was to try to figure out how long we
> should wait with applying this patch. I applied the commit under Fixes
> without waiting for a test from Frank, which made me feel a bit guilty
> :)

Oh that's fine, they were going to test on the same hardware I've got 
anyway. You can apply this one whenever is convenient.

Arınç



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