netdev - Re: [RFC,PATCHv2 0/6] support for DSA hardware ethernet switch chips

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Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:53:30 +0100
From:	Tim Ellis <tim.ellis@....com>
To:	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Byron Bradley <byron.bbradley@...il.com>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <jdb@...x.dk>,
	Andy Fleming <afleming@...escale.com>,
	Imre Kaloz <kaloz@...nwrt.org>, Nicolas Pitre <nico@....org>,
	Dirk Teurlings <dirk@...xia.nl>,
	Peter van Valderen <p.v.valderen@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCHv2 0/6] support for DSA hardware ethernet switch
 chips

 
On Monday, September 29, 2008, at 03:37AM, "Lennert Buytenhek" <buytenh@...tstofly.org> wrote:

>
>- Add support for the Marvell 88E6060 ethernet switch register set,
>  and the tagging format it uses (Trailer).  Tested on a Thecus n1200
>  (http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24
>  http://thecus.nas-central.org/index.php/Category:N1200), where the
>  switch chip is hooked up to a Freescale mpc8347 using the gianfar
>  driver.  (I.e. it works with ethernet drivers other than mv643xx_eth.)
>  (There _is_ an issue with the gianfar hooking up to the PHY for the
>  first switch port, and refusing to send/receive data to ports 2-4 if
>  port 1 isn't up.)
>

I can confirm this works as described above on a Thecus N1200. Thanks Lennert!
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