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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:27:49 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:27:49 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 6.6.15.upstream/6.6.15
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/lan9303.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/lan9303.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e3c820db28 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/lan9303.rst @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +============================== +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 |