Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: add multi port support in mac-only mode

Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-01T23:08:55Z

On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 13:52:50 +0300 Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> This series adds multi-port support in mac-only mode (multi MAC mode) to TI
> AM65x CPSW driver in preparation for enabling support for multi-port devices,
> like Main CPSW0 on K3 J721E SoC or future CPSW3g on K3 AM64x SoC.
>
> The multi MAC mode is implemented by configuring every enabled port in "mac-only"
> mode (all ingress packets are sent only to the Host port and egress packets
> directed to target Ext. Port) and creating separate net_device for
> every enabled Ext. port.

Do I get it right that you select the mode based on platform? Can the
other mode still be supported on these platforms?

Is this a transition to normal DSA mode where ports always have netdevs?