Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] netdev: octeon-ethernet: Add Cavium Octeon III support.

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 17:10:16 +0100

On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 08:55:33AM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> On 11/02/2017 05:43 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> [...]
> >>+
> >>+		i = atomic_inc_return(&pki_id);
> >>+		pki_dev = platform_device_register_data(&new_dev->dev,
> >>+							is_mix ? "octeon_mgmt" : "ethernet-mac-pki",
> >>+							i, &platform_data, sizeof(platform_data));
> >>+		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Created %s %u: %p\n",
> >>+			 is_mix ? "MIX" : "PKI", pki_dev->id, pki_dev);
> >
> >Is there any change of these ethernet ports being used to connect to
> >an Ethernet switch. We have had issues in the past with these sort of
> >platform devices combined with DSA.
> >
> 
> There are only two possibilities.  The BGX MACs have a multiplexer that
> allows them to be connected to either the "octeon_mgmt" MIX packet
> processor, or to the "ethernet-mac-pki" PKI/PKO packet processor.  The SoCs
> supported by these drivers do not contain any hardware that would be
> considered an "Ethernet switch".

Hi David

I was thinking of an external Ethernet switch. You generally connect
via RGMII to a port of the switch.

http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/v4.9.60/source/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt

	Andrew