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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


  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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