netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v12 4/6] net: dsa: mv88e6xxxx: Add RMU functionality.

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Message-ID: <fe1a3fd0-3365-44cb-3ac8-d2c3a6cdffc0@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:15:50 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Mattias Forsblad <mattias.forsblad@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        ansuelsmth@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v12 4/6] net: dsa: mv88e6xxxx: Add RMU
 functionality.

On 9/15/22 07:36, Mattias Forsblad wrote:
> The Marvell SOHO switches supports a secondary control
> channel for accessing data in the switch. Special crafted
> ethernet frames can access functions in the switch.
> These frames is handled by the Remote Management Unit (RMU)
> in the switch. Accessing data structures is specially
> efficient and lessens the access contention on the MDIO
> bus.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mattias Forsblad <mattias.forsblad@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian