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Date:   Fri, 22 Apr 2022 22:29:38 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
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        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
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        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>,
        Luka Perkov <luka.perkov@sartura.hr>,
        Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] net: ipqess: introduce Qualcomm IPQESS
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On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 08:03:00PM +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> This series introduces a new driver, for the Qualcomm IPQESS Ethernet
> Controller, found on the IPQ4019.
> 
> The driver itself is pretty straightforward, but has lived out-of-tree
> for a while. I've done my best to clean-up some outdated API calls, but
> some might remain.
> 
> This controller is somewhat special, since it's part of the IPQ4019 SoC
> which also includes an QCA8K switch, and uses the IPQESS controller for
> the CPU port.

Does it exist in a form where it is not connected to a switch?

As Florian has suggested, if we assume frames are always going
to/coming from a switch, we can play around with the frame format a
little. A dummy tag could be added to the head or tail of the frame,
which the MAC driver then uses. That gives us a more normal structure.

      Andrew