netdev - RE: [PATCH 2/2] net: ethernet: Add driver for Sunplus SP7021

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Date:   Mon, 8 Nov 2021 14:26:11 +0000
From:   Wells Lu 呂芳騰 <wells.lu@...plus.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     Wells Lu <wellslutw@...il.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "p.zabel@...gutronix.de" <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] net: ethernet: Add driver for Sunplus SP7021

> > SP7021 Ethernet supports 3 operation modes:
> >  - Dual Ethernet mode
> >    In this mode, driver creates two net-device interfaces. Each connects
> >    to PHY. There are two LAN ports totally.
> >    I am sorry that EMAC of SP7021 cannot support L2 switch functions
> >    of Linux switch-device model because it only has partial function of
> >    switch.
> 
> This is fine.

Thanks a lot!


> >
> >  - One Ethernet mode
> >    In this mode, driver creates one net-device interface. It connects to
> >    to a PHY (There is only one LAN port).
> >    The LAN port is then connected to a 3-port Ethernet hub.
> >    The 3-port Ethernet hub is a hardware circuitry. All operations
> >    (packet forwarding) are done by hardware. No software
> >    intervention is needed. Actually, even just power-on, no software
> >    running, two LAN ports of SP7021 work well as 2-port hub.
> 
> We need to dig into the details of this mode. I would initially say no, until we
> really do know it is impossible to do it correctly.  Even if it is impossible to do
> it correctly, i'm still temped to reject this mode.
> 
> How does spanning tree work? Who sends and receives the BPDU?
> 
> Is there PTP support? How do you send and receive the PTP frames?
> 
> Is IGMP snooping supported?
> 
> All of these have one thing in common, you need to be able to egress frames
> out a specific port of the switch, and you need to know what port a received
> frames ingressed on. If you can do that, you can probably do proper support in
> Linux.

The "L2 switch" is a very simple witch. It has 3 ports: CPU, LAN port 0 and LAN 
port 1. A packet is always forwarded to other two ports if source-address (of MAC)
learning function is off, or forwarded to one of the two ports if source-address
learning function is on and source address is learnt (recorded by switch).

The switch will not recognize type of packets, regardless BPDU, PTP or any other
packets. If turning off source-address learning function, it works like an Ethernet
plus a 2-port hub.


> Is the datasheet available?

Yes, refer to on-line document of SP7021:
https://sunplus-tibbo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/462553090/15.+Ethernet+Switch


> 
>    Andrew