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

[Sergey Ryazanov]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 12:34 PM Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name> wrote:
> 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.

Ok, will do in V2.

-- 
Sergey