netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] net: maxlinear: Add support for MxL LGM SoC

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Message-ID: <65771930-d023-49e1-87a7-e8c231e20014@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:24:06 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Jack Ping CHNG <jchng@...linear.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, robh@...nel.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org,
	conor+dt@...nel.org, yzhu@...linear.com,
	sureshnagaraj@...linear.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] net: maxlinear: Add support for MxL LGM
 SoC

> +This document describes the Linux driver for the MaxLinear Network Processor
> +(NP), a high-performance controller supporting multiple MACs and
> +advanced packet processing capabilities.
> +
> +The MaxLinear Network processor integrates programmable hardware accelerators
> +for tasks such as Layer 2, 3, 4 forwarding, flow steering, and traffic shaping.

By L2 and L3, do you mean this device can bridge and route frames
between ports? So it is actually a switch?

	Andrew