Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/3] net: dsa: initial support for MaxLinear MxL862xx switches

[Vladimir Oltean]

Hi Daniel,

On Tue, Dec 02, 2025 at 11:37:13PM +0000, Daniel Golle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This series adds very basic DSA support for the MaxLinear MxL86252
> (5 PHY ports) and MxL86282 (8 PHY ports) switches. The intent is to
> validate and get feedback on the overall approach and driver structure,
> especially the firmware-mediated host interface.
> 
> MxL862xx integrates a firmware running on an embedded processor (Zephyr
> RTOS). Host interaction uses a simple API transported over MDIO/MMD.
> This series includes only what's needed to pass traffic between user
> ports and the CPU port: relayed MDIO to internal PHYs, basic port
> enable/disable, and CPU-port special tagging.
> 
> Thanks for taking a look.

I see no phylink_mac_ops in your patches.

How does this switch architecture deal with SFP cages? I see the I2C
controllers aren't accessible through the MDIO relay protocol
implemented by the microcontroller. So I guess using the sfp-bus code
isn't going to be possible. The firmware manages the SFP cage and you
"just" have to read the USXGMII Status Register (reg 30.19) from the
host? How does that work out in practice?