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@@ -587,26 +587,6 @@ of DSA, would be the its port-based VLAN, used by the associated bridge device.
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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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