Re: [PATCH net v2 2/7] net: dsa: mt7530: fix trapping frames with multiple CPU ports on MT7530

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Tue Jun 13 2023 - 13:19:09 EST


On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 08:14:35PM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> Actually, having only "net: dsa: introduce preferred_default_local_cpu_port
> and use on MT7530" backported is an enough solution for the current stable
> kernels.
>
> When multiple CPU ports are defined on the devicetree, the CPU_PORT bits
> will be set to port 6. The active CPU port will also be port 6.
>
> This would only become an issue with the changing the DSA conduit support.
> But that's never going to happen as this patch will always be on the kernels
> that support changing the DSA conduit.

Aha, ok. I thought that device trees with CPU port 5 exclusively defined
also exist in the wild. If not, and this patch fixes a theoretical only
issue, then it is net-next material.