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On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Manuel Lauss |
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<manuel.lauss@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> --- Distributed Switch Architecture support |
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>> [*] Marvell 88E6060 ethernet switch chip support |
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>> [*] Marvell 88E6131 ethernet switch chip support |
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>> [*] Marvell 88E6123/6161/6165 ethernet switch chip support |
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>> I have an evaluation board from Marvell that connects for now via USB. |
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>> lsusb shows the switch, but the kernel don't activate the DSA driver |
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>> for this switch. |
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>> Reading the drivers code, I see just mentioning of mii_bus. |
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>> It seems that the kernel doesn't make the connection between the |
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>> device found on the USB bus, and the DSA driver in the kernel. |
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>> There are usb wireless dongles, so I assume the kernel know how |
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>> to handle network hardware on top USB. |
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>> Can someone help me understand this? |
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> mii is a bus between a network controller ("mac") and one or more phy chips, |
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> to manage link properties. |
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> do you have a manual for the board? what does it say about what you can |
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> do with the usb link? |
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> Manuel |
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We have configured this board via USB using windows, so I guess I |
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should be able to use the board over USB. |
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Kfir |
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