From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PfJnE-0007h9-Le for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:12:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2B9B5E08F8 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:12:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com (mail-qy0-f181.google.com [209.85.216.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F8D9E08F8 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:59:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk12 with SMTP id 12so111898qyk.19 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:59:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LiuoFXWN9tacgwrUM9acVS1q8rGYLAoi+7Qmlen3uY0=; b=Tl9KU5lyzHve+LsdWuFfQeMrRsEVvh+qwQx0Kv7wnow4E5UaSvntt11KXykWZKD8Na NqBKsiK7MsQprH5PvhLRRhtfOfcLh1Pz5t86yPYHH0rUSWVYI8q+qQ7DHVoQIGEWBDYO QmcfrMY0hLtWtgzZKJaBaanec2mXgj/bIFb2Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GxC8bp8nbWwuZc87XWnTZTEC+D95vUTVNH8lkd+EBGnl048+Io+p3rzk/uwfN6ssKj sXiy3LEDYymxcJDYWDnL8ihDOSE6epiaN+9EK9OLwCK5w+vWOSL0Wy3GE8IkTmVv0vqU 8hUWVxLr2gsbG2O7bwdNggz3RZKzjTxsVu5gM= Received: by 10.224.20.67 with SMTP id e3mr5615329qab.183.1295387991973; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:59:51 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.54.20 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:59:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Kfir Lavi Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:59:31 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Marvell switch 6131 and the DSA driver To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 3475dda0928899b0237751a261434d88 On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Manuel Lauss wrote: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Kfir Lavi wrote: >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0--- Distributed Switch Architecture support >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0[*] =C2=A0 Marvell 88E6060 ethernet switch chip support >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0[*] =C2=A0 Marvell 88E6131 ethernet switch chip support >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0[*] =C2=A0 Marvell 88E6123/6161/6165 ethernet switch chip s= upport >> >> 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 chi= ps, > 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 > > We have configured this board via USB using windows, so I guess I should be able to use the board over USB. Kfir