[PATCH net-next v6 11/12] net: airoha: Support multiple LAN/WAN interfaces for hw MAC address configuration

Lorenzo Bianconi lorenzo at kernel.org
Tue May 12 13:58:41 PDT 2026


On May 12, Benjamin Larsson wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> On 11/05/2026 12:49, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > The EN7581 and AN7583 SoCs provide registers to configure hardware LAN/WAN
> > MAC addresses, used to determine whether received traffic is destined for
> > this host or should be forwarded to another device.
> > The SoC hardware design assumes all interfaces configured as LAN (or WAN)
> > share a common upper MAC address, which is programmed into the
> > REG_FE_{LAN,WAN}_MAC_H register. The lower bytes of 'local' addresses can
> > be expressed as a range via the REG_FE_MAC_LMIN and REG_FE_MAC_LMAX
> > registers.
> > Previously, only a single interface was considered when programming these
> > registers. Extend the logic to derive the correct minimum and maximum
> > values for REG_FE_MAC_LMIN/REG_FE_MAC_LMAX when two or more interfaces are
> > configured as LAN or WAN.
> > 
> > Tested-by: Madhur Agrawal <madhur.agrawal at airoha.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo at kernel.org>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >   drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h |  2 +-
> >   drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c |  4 +-
> >   3 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > index 16c0ff9999da..533ffe20f833 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > @@ -71,20 +71,67 @@ static void airoha_qdma_irq_disable(struct airoha_irq_bank *irq_bank,
> >   	airoha_qdma_set_irqmask(irq_bank, index, mask, 0);
> >   }
> > -static void airoha_set_macaddr(struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev, const u8 *addr)
> > +static int airoha_set_macaddr(struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev, const u8 *addr)
> >   {
> >   	struct airoha_eth *eth = dev->eth;
> > -	u32 val, reg;
> > +	u8 ref_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {};
> > +	u32 reg, val, lmin, lmax;
> > +	int i;
> > +
> > +	lmin = (addr[3] << 16) | (addr[4] << 8) | addr[5];
> > +	lmax = lmin;
> > +
> > +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->ports); i++) {
> > +		struct airoha_gdm_port *port = eth->ports[i];
> > +		int j;
> > +
> > +		if (!port)
> > +			continue;
> > +
> > +		for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(port->devs); j++) {
> > +			struct airoha_gdm_dev *iter_dev;
> > +			struct net_device *netdev;
> > +
> > +			iter_dev = port->devs[j];
> > +			if (!iter_dev || iter_dev == dev)
> > +				continue;
> > +
> > +			if (airoha_is_lan_gdm_dev(iter_dev) !=
> > +			    airoha_is_lan_gdm_dev(dev))
> > +				continue;
> > +
> > +			netdev = iter_dev->dev;
> > +			if (netdev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
> > +				continue;
> > +
> > +			ether_addr_copy(ref_addr, netdev->dev_addr);
> > +			val = (netdev->dev_addr[3] << 16) |
> > +			      (netdev->dev_addr[4] << 8) | netdev->dev_addr[5];
> > +			if (val < lmin)
> > +				lmin = val;
> > +			if (val > lmax)
> > +				lmax = val;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	if (!is_zero_ether_addr(ref_addr) && memcmp(ref_addr, addr, 3)) {
> > +		/* According to the HW design, hw mac address MS bits
> > +		 * must be the same for each net_device with the same
> > +		 * LAN/WAN configuration.
> > +		 */
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	}
> 
> Maybe this information should be relayed to the user somehow?

netdev_err()?

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
> MvH
> 
> Benjamin Larsson
> 
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