Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] net: dsa: hsr: Enable in KSZ9477 switch HW HSR offloading

[Lukasz Majewski]

Hi Andrew,

> > +int ksz9477_hsr_join(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port, struct
> > net_device *hsr,
> > +		     struct dsa_port *partner)
> > +{
> > +	struct ksz_device *dev = ds->priv;
> > +	struct net_device *slave;
> > +	u8 i, data;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	/* Program which ports shall support HSR */
> > +	dev->hsr_ports = BIT(port) | BIT(partner->index);
> > +	ksz_write32(dev, REG_HSR_PORT_MAP__4, dev->hsr_ports);
> > +
> > +	/* Enable discarding of received HSR frames */
> > +	ksz_read8(dev, REG_HSR_ALU_CTRL_0__1, &data);
> > +	data |= HSR_DUPLICATE_DISCARD;
> > +	data &= ~HSR_NODE_UNICAST;
> > +	ksz_write8(dev, REG_HSR_ALU_CTRL_0__1, data);
> > +
> > +	/* Self MAC address filtering for HSR frames to avoid
> > +	 * traverse of the HSR ring more than once.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * The HSR port (i.e. hsr0) MAC address is used.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(hsr->dev_addr)) {
> > +		dev_err(dev->dev,
> > +			"Set valid MAC address to %s for HSR
> > operation!",
> > +			hsr->name);
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	}  
> 
> This seems like something which should be done at a higher level, not
> per driver. Please check if there is an existing test, and if not, add
> one in the HSR core.

Yes, your are right. This is caught earlier in the net stack code.

Especially, I was afraid, that one can use:
local-mac-address = [00 00 00 00 00 00]

but in this case is caught as well.

I will remove this check. Thanks for pointing this out.

> 
>     Andrew




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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