netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/7] net: mscc: Add initial Ocelot switch support

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 22:56:53 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Allan Nielsen <Allan.Nielsen@...rosemi.com>,
        razvan.stefanescu@....com, po.liu@....com,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/7] net: mscc: Add initial Ocelot switch
 support

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 10:04:57PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> Add a driver for Microsemi Ocelot Ethernet switch support.
> 
> This makes two modules:
> mscc_ocelot_common handles all the common features that doesn't depend on
> how the switch is integrated in the SoC. Currently, it handles offloading
> bridging to the hardware. ocelot_io.c handles register accesses. This is
> unfortunately needed because the register layout is packed and then depends
> on the number of ports available on the switch. The register definition
> files are automatically generated.
> 
> ocelot_board handles the switch integration on the SoC and on the board.
> 
> Frame injection and extraction to/from the CPU port is currently done using
> register accesses which is quite slow. DMA is possible but the port is not
> able to absorb the whole switch bandwidth.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>

Hi Alexandre

There are a few Christmas trees which are not fully reversed. DaveM
might want them putting right.

But otherwise i think this is good enough to be merged.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew