Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 May 2015 12:58:12 -0700 | From | Florian Fainelli <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] net: dsa: add QCA AR8xxx switch family support\ |
| |
On 29/05/15 11:59, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 11:49:54AM -0700, Mathieu Olivari wrote: >> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 04:00:01AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote: >>> FYI: >>> >>> I have patches which allow DSA to use two cpu interfaces. Seems to >>> work on my DIR665 with a Marvell Switch. >>> >>> I will post the patches as an RFC. >>> >>> Andrew >> >> Does it require the switch CPU ports to support LAG or is it generic >> enough to allow switch partitioning? > > When using tags, DSA by default partitions the switch. Each user port > is separate from other ports. lan4 will not bridge to lan1 unless you > either do it in software, or you implement the > .port_join_bridge/.port_leave_bridge/.port_stp_update methods of > dsa_switch_driver. > > What it requires is that for each user port, you can configure what > cpu port it should use. Marvell devices have this ability, and at a > first look, it seems like SF2 does as well, but i will leave Florian > to answer definitively.
That's right, such configuration happens by using VLAN_CTL in the context of SF2, by default only Port <N> and CPU can talk to each other. Bridging ports involving putting them in the same domain, e.g: updating the VLAN_CTL bitmask to include all bridge members. -- Florian
| |