From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gerg@snapgear.com (Greg Ungerer) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:48:33 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: remove ixp2000 platform In-Reply-To: References: <1330450426-14639-1-git-send-email-robherring2@gmail.com> <201202281945.39419.arnd@arndb.de> <201203061412.00073.arnd@arndb.de> <20120307091409.GL17370@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <4F574C64.7010905@snapgear.com> Message-ID: <4F5D39D1.4050000@snapgear.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 11/03/12 22:31, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Greg Ungerer writes: > >> The built in ethernet interfaces on the ixp4xx family are not PCI >> based. So they at least do not suffer from the BE/LE conversions >> at the eth driver. > > The problematic one is IXP42x rev. A0. It has no support for hw mixed > mode (LE core + lane swapping where needed). Unfortunately this early It is not problematic if you are running your core BE right? Regards Greg > chip is quite popular. "Software" mixed mode means byte swapping in the > network drivers and IIRC the crypto accelerator becomes unusable (at > least without workarounds). > > Later revisions (42x rev. B0 and up, and all other IXP4[356]) can work > in the most efficient hw mixed mode. Support is not upstream but it's > basically ready. I think it may be incompatible with XIP. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greg Ungerer -- Principal Engineer EMAIL: gerg at snapgear.com SnapGear Group, McAfee PHONE: +61 7 3435 2888 8 Gardner Close FAX: +61 7 3217 5323 Milton, QLD, 4064, Australia WEB: http://www.SnapGear.com