[PATCH V3 2/4 net-next?] net: dsa: b53: prefer CPU port 8 for Northstar devices
Rafał Miłecki
zajec5 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 12 06:27:53 PDT 2026
From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
It allows using all switch features in opposite to ports 5 and 7.
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at 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
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