[RFT 0/5] realtek: support boards similar to DGS-1210-10

[Paul Fertser]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 11:32:52PM -0300, Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:
> It uses SOC := rtl8380 while all existing dgs-1210 F1 variants use
> rtl8382 (except for the pending -52 variant). The commit didn't
> mention why that happened.

It's just cosmetic AFAICT but the datasheet clearly states that the
SoC used for <=18 ports switches is called RTL8380.

> I'm not sure which one is correct here. However, if it is really a
> different SoC and with what we currently know, we could create a
> generic rtl83xx_d-link_dgs-1210.dtsi as the -52 variant uses even a
> more different SoC (rtl8393). They share a lot of stuff like flash
> layout and gpios (and the vendor firmware even uses the same image). I
> could do some generic and family review but I only have -28 and -52
> variants.

I only have access to non-PoE dgs-1210-10 R1 board.

You say they share GPIO layout, does it mean you currently can't fully
handle SFP ports on your hardware but my patches make it work?

-- 
Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software!
mailto:fercerpav at gmail.com