[PATCH net] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: enable special tag when any MAC uses DSA

Arınç ÜNAL arinc.unal at arinc9.com
Tue Feb 7 12:25:32 PST 2023


On 7.02.2023 23:24, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> On 7.02.2023 21:56, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> On Sun,  5 Feb 2023 20:53:31 +0300 arinc9.unal at gmail.com wrote:
>>> From: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal at arinc9.com>
>>>
>>> The special tag is only enabled when the first MAC uses DSA. However, it
>>> must be enabled when any MAC uses DSA. Change the check accordingly.
>>>
>>> This fixes hardware DSA untagging not working on the second MAC of the
>>> MT7621 and MT7623 SoCs, and likely other SoCs too. Therefore, remove the
>>> check that disables hardware DSA untagging for the second MAC of the 
>>> MT7621
>>> and MT7623 SoCs.
>>>
>>> Fixes: a1f47752fd62 ("net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: disable hardware 
>>> DSA untagging for second MAC")
>>
>> As Paolo pointed out to me off-list this is pretty much a revert of
>> commit under Fixes. Is this an actual regression fix, or second MAC
>> as DSA port never worked but now you found a way to make it work?
> 
> Second MAC as DSA master after hardware DSA untagging was enabled never 
> worked. I first disabled it to make the communication work again, then, 
> with this patch, I found a way to make it work which is what should've 
> been done with the commit for adding hardware DSA untagging support.

Should both commits be mentioned with Fixes tag?

Arınç



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