Re: [gentoo-embedded] Marvell switch 6131 and the DSA driver

[Manuel Lauss]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@×××××.com> wrote:
>    --- Distributed Switch Architecture support
>    [*]   Marvell 88E6060 ethernet switch chip support
>    [*]   Marvell 88E6131 ethernet switch chip support
>    [*]   Marvell 88E6123/6161/6165 ethernet switch chip support
>
> I have an evaluation board from Marvell that connects for now via USB.
> lsusb shows the switch, but the kernel don't activate the DSA driver
> for this switch.
> Reading the drivers code, I see just mentioning of mii_bus.
> It seems that the kernel doesn't make the connection between the
> device found on the USB bus, and the DSA driver in the kernel.
> There are usb wireless dongles, so I assume the kernel know how
> to handle network hardware on top USB.
> Can someone help me understand this?

mii is a bus between a network controller ("mac") and one or more phy chips,
to manage link properties.

do you have a manual for the board? what does it say about what you can
do with the usb link?


Manuel