RE: DSA support for Micrel KSZ8895
From: Woojung.Huh
Date: Wed Aug 16 2017 - 10:26:00 EST
> > 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