Hi Albert, Thanks for your reply.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Albert ARIBAUD [mailto:albert.u.b...@aribaud.net] > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 10:27 PM > To: Sharma Bhupesh-B45370 > Cc: 'u-boot@lists.denx.de' > Subject: Re: [U-Boot] Query: Ethernet switch support > > Hi Sharma, > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:33:39 +0000, Sharma Bhupesh-B45370 > <b45...@freescale.com> wrote: > > > Hi List, > > > > I am trying to add support of a Vitesse L2 switch in u-boot (in > unmanaged configuration). > > I was analyzing whether advanced features like flow control, > > link-aggregation etc are required to be supported for a L2 switch > working in a u-boot bootloader level. > > > > My point-of-view is that the L2 switch, should support only > > bare-minimum tftp of images, ping to other ethernet entities, bootp .. > > type of commands on u-boot and as such the L2 switch u-boot driver > > doesn't need to address flow-control and other such advanced features > > (probably of interest for a Linux device driver). > > > > But, I am not sure about the design approaches used to support > > previous switch modules in u-boot. > > > > Also I had a query whether there is a common switch framework > > in-place/under-consideration in u-boot, similar to what is already > present in OpenWrt code: > > https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/package/boot/uboot-lantiq/patche > > s/0019-net-switchlib-add-framework-for-ethernet-switch-driv.patch?rev= > > 35292 > > > > Would porting this to u-boot make sense to have a common framework for > > ethernet switch in-place? > > > > Can you please let me know your views on the same and point me to any > > reference switch drivers that support these features. > > There is some support for switches in U-Boot (e.g. mv88e61xx) but no > framework that I know of; and I suspect what is expected from the switch > in U-Boot is that it does not hamper Ethernet operations, nothing more. > for mv88e61xx, this is done through a fixed configuration. > In my use-case also the L2 switch is supposed to be configured via a fixed configuration (setting up the switch in an unmanaged configuration). I will try to have a look the mv88e61xx example and then formulate something on similar lines. Regards, Bhupesh _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot