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+==============================
+LAN9303 Ethernet switch driver
+==============================
+
+The LAN9303 is a three port 10/100 Mbps ethernet switch with integrated phys for
+the two external ethernet ports. The third port is an RMII/MII interface to a
+host master network interface (e.g. fixed link).
+
+
+Driver details
+==============
+
+The driver is implemented as a DSA driver, see ``Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst``.
+
+See ``Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/lan9303.txt`` for device tree
+binding.
+
+The LAN9303 can be managed both via MDIO and I2C, both supported by this driver.
+
+At startup the driver configures the device to provide two separate network
+interfaces (which is the default state of a DSA device). Due to HW limitations,
+no HW MAC learning takes place in this mode.
+
+When both user ports are joined to the same bridge, the normal HW MAC learning
+is enabled. This means that unicast traffic is forwarded in HW. Broadcast and
+multicast is flooded in HW. STP is also supported in this mode. The driver
+support fdb/mdb operations as well, meaning IGMP snooping is supported.
+
+If one of the user ports leave the bridge, the ports goes back to the initial
+separated operation.
+
+
+Driver limitations
+==================
+
+ - Support for VLAN filtering is not implemented
+ - The HW does not support VLAN-specific fdb entries