Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:39:57 +0100 | From | Jiri Pirko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Add priv-flag for Switch VLAN Aware mode |
| |
Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 09:28:15AM CET, s-vadapalli@ti.com wrote: >The CPSW Ethernet Switch on TI's K3 SoCs can be configured to operate in >VLAN Aware or VLAN Unaware modes of operation. This is different from >the ALE being VLAN Aware and Unaware. The Ethernet Switch being VLAN Aware >results in the addition/removal/replacement of VLAN tag of packets during >egress as described in section "12.2.1.4.6.4.1 Transmit VLAN Processing" of >the AM65x Technical Reference Manual available at: >https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/spruid7e/spruid7e.pdf >In VLAN Unaware mode, packets remain unmodified on egress. > >The driver currently configures the Ethernet Switch in VLAN Aware mode by >default and there is no support to toggle this capability of the Ethernet >Switch at runtime. Thus, add support to toggle the capability by exporting >it via the ethtool "priv-flags" interface.
I don't follow. You have all the means to offload all bridge/vlan configurations properly and setup your hw according to that. See mlxsw for a reference. I don't see the need for any custom driver knobs.
| |