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Message-ID: <20120312085116.GC28523@wantstofly.org> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:51:16 +0100 From: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org> To: mdsmith@...tychief.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Marvell DSA switch 88E6165 - CPU port in PHY mode On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 02:57:57PM +0100, mdsmith@...tychief.com wrote: > >>Hello - have a question about CPU port configuration in the net/dsa > >>driver code. Can't seem to work out how to bring up the CPU > >>connected > >>port on the switch (in our case this is Port 4 hardware strapped > >>with > >>its embedded PHY enabled). > > > >Hello! I know of at least a couple of platforms that have a DSA chip > >connected to the CPU via an MDI type link, but I'm not sure why it's > >not working for you. I'd suggest double-checking all the port 5 PHY > >registers against the chip documentation.. > > Hi - perhaps I misunderstood something about the built-in PHY on > Port 4. We expected to see the PHY enabled in hardware by setting > logic on the P4_MODE pins. But this doesn't seem to be sufficient as > I guess one still has to enable the PHY in the driver code (like how > you do it for the LAN interfaces in net/dsa/slave.c). > > So, after digging through the net/dsa source I found that there is > nothing explicit in the code to enable the CPU port if it needs a > PHY. I would like to say that way it is written assumes that it is > always RGMII so I guess the other platforms you refer to above use > customized (non-mainline) driver code? The platform I work on the most configures the CPU PHY port via the EEPROM and/or handles it in the bootloader (I'm not entirely sure as I haven't worked on that piece of the system) -- this may work for you as well. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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