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Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:50:50 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Sunil Kovvuri <sunil.kovvuri@gmail.com>
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        Geethasowjanya Akula <gakula@marvell.com>,
        Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>,
        Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta <sbhatta@marvell.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 0/8] configuration support for switch headers &
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> > So you completely skipped how this works with mv88e6xxx or
> > prestera. If you need this private flag for some out of mainline
> > Marvell SDK, it is very unlikely to be accepted.
> >
> >         Andrew
> 
> What we are trying to do here has no dependency on DSA drivers and
> neither impacts that functionality.

So this is an indirect way of saying: Yes, this is for some out of
mainline Marvell SDK.

> Here we are just notifying the HW to parse the packets properly.

But the correct way for this to happen is probably some kernel
internal API between the MAC and the DSA driver. Mainline probably has
no need for this private flag.

   Andrew