[PATCH 1/3] kernel: 5.10: recover 88E6060 switches support

Sergey Ryazanov ryazanov.s.a at gmail.com
Fri Dec 17 01:13:40 PST 2021


On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:52 AM Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name> wrote:
> On 2021-12-16 23:29, Sergey Ryazanov wrote:
>> Support for mvswich driver (Marvell 88E6060 switches) build has been
>> missed during the initial v5.10 kernel introduction. But it is required
>> for AR21xx boards, e.g. Fonera 2.0. Return the missed driver building
>> instructions to fix boards support with the new kernel.
>>
>> Compile tested only with the ath25 target.
>>
>> Fixes: b10d604459 ("kernel: add linux 5.10 support")
>> CC: Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name>
>> Signed-off-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a at gmail.com>
>
> There is an upstream DSA driver for 88e6060, I think we should try to
> use that one instead.

ath25 target does not utilize DTS. Without it DSA drivers are almost
useless. Almost the single still usable board that is supported by the
ath25 target is Fonera 2.0g, which is based on 88e6060. So we still
need the mvswitch driver for it.

-- 
Sergey



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