From: "Rafał Miłecki" <zajec5@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: "Florian Fainelli" <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>,
"Jonas Gorski" <jonas.gorski@gmail.com>,
"Vladimir Oltean" <olteanv@gmail.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, "Hauke Mehrtens" <hauke@hauke-m.de>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
"Rafał Miłecki" <rafal@milecki.pl>
Subject: [PATCH V3 2/4 net-next?] net: dsa: b53: prefer CPU port 8 for Northstar devices
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:27:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812132755.32585-2-zajec5@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260812132755.32585-1-zajec5@gmail.com>
From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
It allows using all switch features in opposite to ports 5 and 7.
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
---
I think this can be net-next but I was asked to send a complete patchset
Can you pick those 2 patches to different trees?
drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c
index 5fd8362d0430..052812d2faa9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c
@@ -766,6 +766,32 @@ void b53_disable_port(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(b53_disable_port);
+static struct dsa_port *b53_preferred_default_local_cpu_port(struct dsa_switch *ds)
+{
+ struct b53_device *dev = ds->priv;
+ struct dsa_port *cpu_dp;
+
+ /*
+ * Northstar SoCs devices have 3 Ethernet controllers and 3 CPU ports:
+ * 5 (IMP1), 7, 8 (IMP0). This design was meant for dual IMP setups when
+ * WAN traffic goes to port 5 and LAN traffic goes to port 8.
+ *
+ * While all 3 ports support Broadcom header, ports 5 and 7 have their
+ * limitations. Features that relay on trapping to CPU (e.g. EAP, STP)
+ * won't work when using those as CPU ones.
+ *
+ * Prefer CPU port 8 if available.
+ */
+ if (is5301x(dev)) {
+ cpu_dp = dsa_to_port(ds, B53_CPU_PORT);
+
+ if (dsa_port_is_cpu(cpu_dp))
+ return cpu_dp;
+ }
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
void b53_brcm_hdr_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port)
{
struct b53_device *dev = ds->priv;
@@ -2724,6 +2750,7 @@ static const struct dsa_switch_ops b53_switch_ops = {
.port_setup = b53_setup_port,
.port_enable = b53_enable_port,
.port_disable = b53_disable_port,
+ .preferred_default_local_cpu_port = b53_preferred_default_local_cpu_port,
.support_eee = b53_support_eee,
.set_mac_eee = b53_set_mac_eee,
.set_ageing_time = b53_set_ageing_time,
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-12 13:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-12 13:27 [PATCH V3 1/4 net] net: dsa: b53: deal with Northstar devices using CPU port 5 or 7 Rafał Miłecki
2026-08-12 13:27 ` Rafał Miłecki [this message]
2026-08-12 13:27 ` [PATCH V3 3/4] ARM: dts: BCM5301X: drop pointless "cpu" labels from switch CPU ports Rafał Miłecki
2026-08-12 13:27 ` [PATCH V3 4/4] ARM: dts: BCM5301X: Enable extra CPU ports for Netgear R8000 Rafał Miłecki
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