[PATCH 2/2] ARM: dts: BCM5301X: Set fixed-link for extra Netgear R8000 CPU ports

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Sat Oct 14 09:50:17 PDT 2023


On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 12:33:14PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> 
> While switch ports 5 and 7 are disabled (vendor designed port 8 to be
> used for CPU traffic) they could be used strictly technically. For some
> reason however both those ports need forcing link to be usable.

This explanation is not making much sense to me.

I assume this board does not have an RJ45 for these two ports? But
does it have a header so you can access the MII interface?

     Andrew
 



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