[net-next v23 2/7] net: mtip: The L2 switch driver for imx287
Jakub Kicinski
kuba at kernel.org
Thu Feb 5 18:28:05 PST 2026
On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:21:30 +0100 Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> This patch series provides support for More Than IP L2 switch embedded
> in the imx287 SoC.
>
> This is a two port switch (placed between uDMA[01] and MAC-NET[01]),
> which can be used for offloading the network traffic.
>
> It can be used interchangeably with current FEC driver - to be more
> specific: one can use either of it, depending on the requirements.
>
> The biggest difference is the usage of DMA - when FEC is used, separate
> DMAs are available for each ENET-MAC block.
> However, with switch enabled - only the DMA0 is used to send/receive data
> to/form switch (and then switch sends them to respecitive ports).
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <lukasz.majewski at mailbox.org>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst at gmx.net>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>
Transient build failure here:
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw.c:1072:32: warning: variable ‘priv’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
1072 | struct mtip_ndev_priv *priv;
| ^~~~
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So please approach them with caution..
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