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+* Add I/O capabilities on switch port netdevices. This will allow control
+traffic to reach the CPU.
+* Add ACL to redirect control traffic to CPU.
+* Add support for displaying learned FDB entries
+* Add support for multiple FDBs and switch port partitioning
+* MC firmware uprev; the DPAA2 objects used by the Ethernet Switch driver
+need to be kept in sync with binary interface changes in MC
+* refine README file
+* cleanup
+
+NOTE: At least first three of the above are required before getting the
+DPAA2 Ethernet Switch driver out of staging. Another requirement is that
+dpio driver is moved to drivers/soc (this is required for I/O).
+