Subject: Re: marvell switch

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 22:46:22 +0200

> > Hi Ran
> >
> > The Marvell driver makes each port act like a normal Linux network
> > interface. So if you want to enable a port, do
> >
> > ip link set lan0 up
> >
> > Want to add an ip address to a port
> >
> > ip addr add 10.42.42.42/24 dev lan0
> >
> > Want to bridge two ports
> >
> > ip link add name br0 type bridge
> > ip link set dev br0 up
> > ip link set dev lan0 master br0
> > ip link set dev lan1 master br0
> >
> > Just treat them as normal interfaces.
> >
> 
> If I may please ask,
> What is the purpose of using bridge for configuring switch interfaces.
> Is it in order to isolate some ports from others?
> I ask because according to my understanding the default configuration of
> the driver is to enable switch in "flat" configuration, i.e. as if all
> ports are connected to each other.

Please think about what i said. They are standard Linux network
interfaces. Do standard Linux network interfaces bridge themselves
together by default? No, you need to configure a bridge.

	 Andrew