From: Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Marvell switch 6131 and the DSA driver
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:17:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinyi_YW6gkHEWoEcT1BsUpVc-zmRSXOXyhwUU-S@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikh4FGuA22AU0A9mStSXVPNyCmGe48zdEYjyD3r@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@gmail.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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-18 21:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-18 19:49 [gentoo-embedded] Marvell switch 6131 and the DSA driver Kfir Lavi
2011-01-18 20:17 ` Manuel Lauss [this message]
2011-01-18 21:59 ` Kfir Lavi
2011-01-18 22:30 ` Peter Stuge
2011-01-20 10:32 ` Kfir Lavi
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