Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752361AbdHPOZy convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Aug 2017 10:25:54 -0400 Received: from esa3.microchip.iphmx.com ([68.232.153.233]:17257 "EHLO esa3.microchip.iphmx.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751642AbdHPOZx (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Aug 2017 10:25:53 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.41,383,1498546800"; d="scan'208";a="6251960" From: To: CC: , , , , , Subject: RE: DSA support for Micrel KSZ8895 Thread-Topic: DSA support for Micrel KSZ8895 Thread-Index: AQHTFmUw0U9DBuFKJ0agqkR21h99I6KHec+A//+NV4A= Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:25:36 +0000 Message-ID: <9235D6609DB808459E95D78E17F2E43D40AFF8C1@CHN-SV-EXMX02.mchp-main.com> References: <20170816075524.GA18532@amd> <20170816140451.GA13006@lunn.ch> In-Reply-To: <20170816140451.GA13006@lunn.ch> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.10.76.4] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 935 Lines: 33 > > Hi! > > > > I've got hardware with KSZ8895, and I'd like to use switch ports as > > separate ethernet cards. I believe that means DSA support. > > > > And there are even patches available from microchip... unfortunately > > they are in strange form and for v3.18. > > > > > http://www.microchip.com/SWLibraryWeb/product.aspx?product=KSZ8895 > %20Software%20Linux%203.18 > > > > Is there newer version of the driver available somewhere? Is the > > driver good starting point, or should I start with something else? > > Hi Pavel > > Woojung is the expert here. His DSA driver for the 9477 is a nice > clean driver. > > Have you compared the 8895 to the 9477. Are they similar? Could the > existing 9477 be extended to support the 8895? > > Andrew Hi Pavel, I'll forward your email to our support. AFAIK, KSZ8895 has different register mapping from KSZ9477, it will be more than ID changes in current driver. Thanks. Woojung