[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 12:24:16 PST 2023


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.

Arınç



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