linux-kernel - Re: [net-next v5 4/6] net: mtip: The L2 switch driver for imx287

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Message-ID: <45a4fe47-d590-442a-9073-39472a49d52d@lunn.ch>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 03:43:55 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, davem@...emloft.net,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	imx@...ts.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@....net>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next v5 4/6] net: mtip: The L2 switch driver for imx287

On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 04:01:26PM +0200, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> This patch series provides support for More Than IP L2 switch embedded
> in the imx287 SoC.
> 
> This is a two port switch (placed between uDMA[01] and MAC-NET[01]),
> which can be used for offloading the network traffic.
> 
> It can be used interchangeably with current FEC driver - to be more
> specific: one can use either of it, depending on the requirements.
> 
> The biggest difference is the usage of DMA - when FEC is used, separate
> DMAs are available for each ENET-MAC block.
> However, with switch enabled - only the DMA0 is used to send/receive data
> to/form switch (and then switch sends them to respecitive ports).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>

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

    Andrew