Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:32:06 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: DSA support for Micrel KSZ8895 |
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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.
Good.
> Have you compared the 8895 to the 9477. Are they similar? Could the > existing 9477 be extended to support the 8895?
Register layouts are completely different, at the very least. I'm not sure if functionality maps 1:1, that was not exactly easy to check.
I've ported the v3.18 driver to v4.4; it looks like v4.5 port will not be easy. Plus question is if it works at all... time will tell.
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