From: Andrew Lunn Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] net: dsa: ar8xxx: add regmap support Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 04:44:25 +0200 Message-ID: <20150529024425.GI11260@lunn.ch> References: <1432863742-18427-1-git-send-email-mathieu@codeaurora.org> <1432863742-18427-4-git-send-email-mathieu@codeaurora.org> <5567C7B6.5060905@gmail.com> <20150529022329.GH11260@lunn.ch> <5567D0BA.5020409@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5567D0BA.5020409-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Florian Fainelli Cc: Mathieu Olivari , robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, pawel.moll-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, ijc+devicetree-KcIKpvwj1kUDXYZnReoRVg@public.gmane.org, galak-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org, davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org, linux-0h96xk9xTtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org, gang.chen.5i5j-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org, leitec-z4FmpzNVuK5Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, fabf-AgBVmzD5pcezQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org, pavel.nakonechny-Fmhy8gsqeTEvJsYlp49lxw@public.gmane.org, joe-6d6DIl74uiNBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org, sfeldma-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, nbd-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org, juhosg-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org > Fair enough, are there other global "things" besides counters that could > deserve adding maybe some sort of global/master net_device to help query > switch-wide information? This was discussed a while back. I like the current abstraction, all interfaces are real interfaces you can send and receive packets over. This pseudo interface cannot be used for packet transfer, which seems odd. Having access to registers for debugging, so debugfs seems like the best option to me. Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html