Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH v3 0/6] staging: Introduce DPAA2 Ethernet Switch driver

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Sat Oct 14 2017 - 17:59:38 EST


On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 8:52 PM, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The most deployed switch device drivers have been converted to DSA
> already: b53, qca8k (ar83xx in OpenWrt/LEDE) and mtk7530 are all in
> tree, and now we are getting new submissions from Michrochip to support
> their pretty large KSZ series. Converting from swconfig to DSA is
> actually quite simple, but like anything requires time and testing, and
> access to hardware and ideally datasheet.

Hm, I have a Realtek RB8366RB in this router on my desk.

I guess that means I should just take the old switchdev-based
SMI-driver and convert it to DSA.

I bet I can do that :D

Well, I will try. Because it's blocking me to work on the Gemini
ethernet driver.

Yours,
Linus Walleij