Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Aug 2019 16:03:11 +0200 | From | Andrew Lunn <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] dpaa2-ethsw: move the DPAA2 Ethernet Switch driver out of staging |
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> >> Yes, we only support a single bridge. > > > > That is a pretty severe restriction for a device of this class. Some > > of the very simple switches DSA support have a similar restriction, > > but in general, most do support multiple bridges. > > > > Let me make a distinction here: we do no support multiple bridges on the > same DPSW object but we do support multiple DPSW objects, each with its > bridge. > > > > Are there any plans to fix this? > > > > We had some internal discussions on this, the hardware could support > this kind of further partitioning the switch object but, at the moment, > the firmware doesn't.
I assume the firmware allows you to create switch objects on the fly?
I think this was discussed a long time ago, but why not create a new switch object when you need it? That seems like the whole point of this dynamic hardware design of dpaa2.
Andrew
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