On October 14, 2017 2:59:22 PM PDT, Linus Walleij <linus.wall...@linaro.org> wrote: >On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 8:52 PM, Florian Fainelli ><f.faine...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The most deployed switch device drivers have been converted to DSA >> already: b53, qca8k (ar83xx in OpenWrt/LEDE) and mtk7530 are all in >> tree, and now we are getting new submissions from Michrochip to >support >> their pretty large KSZ series. Converting from swconfig to DSA is >> actually quite simple, but like anything requires time and testing, >and >> access to hardware and ideally datasheet. > >Hm, I have a Realtek RB8366RB in this router on my desk. > >I guess that means I should just take the old switchdev-based >SMI-driver and convert it to DSA. > >I bet I can do that :D
Yes, it really should not be too hard. The OpenWrt/LEDE driver had mostly the same semantics as what is needed for being a proper DSA driver. You should of course start simple: get basic switching working, then add statistics, VLAN, FDB, etc. OpenWrt/LEDE models switches as PHY device objects which would not work upstream so you should have the driver be probed as a MDIO/SPI/I2C (see b53 for example) and set up fixed-link properties between the CPU and the switch. > >Well, I will try. Because it's blocking me to work on the Gemini >ethernet driver. Well usually the boot loader may leave the switch in a good enough state that you can work on the CPU controller mostly independently from dealing with the switch. This is not universally true, and a properly working bootloader should actually quiesce/reset both blocks prior to OS control. Don't hesitate if you have questions. Cheers. -- Florian _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
