[PATCH 1/3] kernel: 5.10: recover 88E6060 switches support

[Felix Fietkau]

On 2021-12-17 10:13, Sergey Ryazanov wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:52 AM Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name> wrote:
>> On 2021-12-16 23:29, Sergey Ryazanov wrote:
>>> Support for mvswich driver (Marvell 88E6060 switches) build has been
>>> missed during the initial v5.10 kernel introduction. But it is required
>>> for AR21xx boards, e.g. Fonera 2.0. Return the missed driver building
>>> instructions to fix boards support with the new kernel.
>>>
>>> Compile tested only with the ath25 target.
>>>
>>> Fixes: b10d604459 ("kernel: add linux 5.10 support")
>>> CC: Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a at gmail.com>
>>
>> There is an upstream DSA driver for 88e6060, I think we should try to
>> use that one instead.
> 
> ath25 target does not utilize DTS. Without it DSA drivers are almost
> useless. Almost the single still usable board that is supported by the
> ath25 target is Fonera 2.0g, which is based on 88e6060. So we still
> need the mvswitch driver for it.
In that case, please remove the driver from the generic kernel 
files/patches and move it to ath25 instead.

Thanks,

- Felix