[PATCH V2 RFC 2/2] ARM: dts: BCM5301X: change Luxul XWR-3150 CPU port from 5 do 8
Andrew Lunn
andrew at lunn.ch
Tue Aug 11 13:33:16 PDT 2026
> Change the choice of "cpu" port to 8 and make the third Ethernet
> interface (connected to port 8) use MAC designed for the first Ethernet
> interface (connected to port 5). This makes Linux use switch in a
> feature full way.
> This seems to be a slight abuse of DT. Instead of describing hardware we
> make it steer Linux into using a more appropriate switch port. This
> isn't strictly a setback on its own. It's a change from one choice to
> another.
It is a bit fuzzy, but the hardware of port 8 is better designed for
the function of being the CPU port. We are expressing this hardware
property via actually using it as the CPU port.
> I'm not sure about that MAC however. We say that the third Ethernet
> interface should use MAC that was designed for the first one.
>
> Is all of that acceptable?
>
> .../arm/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm47094-luxul-xwr-3150-v1.dts | 9 +++++++--
Is this the only device in mainline which is affected?
Andrew
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