From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Douthit Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/2] Add mii_bus to ixgbe driver for dsa devs Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 16:02:20 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20181203163227.5107-1-stephend@silicom-usa.com> <20181203201432.18252-1-stephend@silicom-usa.com> <19b22292-f2b3-ccb8-bb37-0952cfa93135@gmail.com> <5c8b517a-6632-931d-c695-ec8a5302bfa4@silicom-usa.com> Reply-To: Steve Douthit Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Cc: "David S. Miller" , "intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Andrew Lunn To: Florian Fainelli , Jeff Kirsher Return-path: Received: from mail-eopbgr10136.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([40.107.1.136]:11840 "EHLO EUR02-HE1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726459AbeLDQC1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2018 11:02:27 -0500 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Content-ID: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: T24gMTIvMy8xOCA2OjQ2IFBNLCBGbG9yaWFuIEZhaW5lbGxpIHdyb3RlOg0KPiBZZXMsIHdlIGhh dmUgYmVlbiBkaXNjdXNzaW5nIHRoYXQgdG9waWMgd2l0aCBBbmRyZXcgYW5kIGhhdmUgYSBmZXcg aWRlYXMNCj4gb24gaG93IHRoYXQgY291bGQgYmUgYWNoaWV2ZWQsIGJ1dCBub3QgY29kZSB0byB1 c2UgdGhhdCBhdCB0aGUgbW9tZW50Lg0KPiBPbmUgb2YgdGhlIGlkZWEgd2FzIHRvIGZpbmFsbHkg YWxsb3cgZW5zbGF2aW5nIHRoZSBEU0EgbWFzdGVyIG5ldHdvcmsNCj4gZGV2aWNlLCB0aGF0IHdh eSB5b3UgY291bGQgYXNzaWduIHNwZWNpZmljIHBvcnRzIHRvIGEgc3BlY2lmaWMgQ1BVL0RTQQ0K PiBtYXN0ZXIgbmV0d29yayBwb3J0IHdpdGhpbiB0aGUgc3dpdGNoLCB0aG91Z2ggdGhhdCByZXF1 aXJlcyBzZXR0aW5nIHVwIGENCj4gYnJpZGdlLiBXb3VsZCB0aGF0IHdvcmsgZm9yIHlvdXIgdXNl IGNhc2U/DQoNCklmIGJyaWRnZSBoZXJlIG1lYW5zIGEgcG9ydCBiYXNlZCB2bGFuLCB0aGVuIHll cyB0aGF0IHdvcmtzLiAgSWYgd2UncmUNCnRhbGtpbmcgYWJvdXQgc29tZXRoaW5nIHRoYXQgc2hv d3MgdXAgdW5kZXIgYnJjdGwsIHRoZW4gdGhhdCdzIGxlc3MNCmlkZWFsLg0KDQpJdCdzIHByb2Jh Ymx5IHRpbWUgdG8gc3BsaXQgdGhlIHRocmVhZCBmb3IgYW55IGZ1cnRoZXIgZGlzY3Vzc2lvbiBz aW5jZQ0KdGhpcyBpc24ndCByZWFsbHkgcmVsZXZhbnQgdG8gaW50ZWwtd2lyZWQtbGFuIGFueW1v cmUuDQo= From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Douthit Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 16:02:20 +0000 Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v4 0/2] Add mii_bus to ixgbe driver for dsa devs In-Reply-To: References: <20181203163227.5107-1-stephend@silicom-usa.com> <20181203201432.18252-1-stephend@silicom-usa.com> <19b22292-f2b3-ccb8-bb37-0952cfa93135@gmail.com> <5c8b517a-6632-931d-c695-ec8a5302bfa4@silicom-usa.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org List-ID: On 12/3/18 6:46 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote: > Yes, we have been discussing that topic with Andrew and have a few ideas > on how that could be achieved, but not code to use that at the moment. > One of the idea was to finally allow enslaving the DSA master network > device, that way you could assign specific ports to a specific CPU/DSA > master network port within the switch, though that requires setting up a > bridge. Would that work for your use case? If bridge here means a port based vlan, then yes that works. If we're talking about something that shows up under brctl, then that's less ideal. It's probably time to split the thread for any further discussion since this isn't really relevant to intel-wired-lan anymore.