netdev - Re: Marvell Prestera Switchdev driver

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Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:38:41 +0200
From:   Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@...ision.eu>
To:     Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Cc:     "vadym.kochan\@plvision.eu" <vadym.kochan@...ision.eu>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Marvell Prestera Switchdev driver

Hi Chris,

Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz> writes:

> Hi Vadym,
>
> We (Allied Telesis) have got some funding for a university student (i.e. 
> an intern) over the southern hemisphere summer (~ Nov-Feb). I was going 
> to have them do a little research into switchdev, specifically the 
> Prestera AC3x support you recently landed upstream.
>
> We've got a Marvell RD board and our own custom boards with AC3x 
> silicon. Part of the summer project will be attempting to get support 
> for the boards upstream (probably just a couple of dts files). Is there 
> anything on the switchdev/prestera side that you think would be good to 
> work on?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris

There is an activity to push the Prestera build SDK in form of 'Buildroot
external tree' to the Github to build the image for some of the the Prestera
Switchdev-designed board (if you refer to this kind of board).

Regards,
Vadym Kochan