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Merge branch 'dsa-ACB-for-bcm_sf2-and-bcmsysport'
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:10:02 +0000 (12:10 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:10:02 +0000 (12:10 -0700)
commita5ff72b755f432e8a6c5f6b1094047cdeef9af0d
tree4a065af2789121f5df4bf8011ae1dfe83476c364
parent640441914e619d3970dc9e8b47170ef2e89c1882
parentc396acbc61b484686e47c62b02af18d3cb14cf3c
Merge branch 'dsa-ACB-for-bcm_sf2-and-bcmsysport'

Florian Fainelli says:

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Enable ACB for bcm_sf2 and bcmsysport

This patch series enables Broadcom's Advanced Congestion Buffering mechanism
which requires cooperation between the CPU/Management Ethernet MAC controller
and the switch.

I took the notifier approach because ultimately the information we need to
carry to the master network device is DSA specific and I saw little room for
generalizing beyond what DSA requires. Chances are that this is highly specific
to the Broadcom HW as I don't know of any HW out there that supports something
nearly similar for similar or identical needs.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>