On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 02:46:21PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> Some switches provide a Rsvd2CPU mechanism used to choose which of the
> 16 reserved multicast destination addresses matching 01:80:c2:00:00:0x
> should be considered as MGMT and thus forwarded to the CPU port.
>
> Other switches extend this mechanism to also configure as MGMT the
> additional 16 reserved multicast addresses matching 01:80:c2:00:00:2x.
>
> This mechanism is exposed via two registers in Global 2, and an Rsvd2CPU
> enable bit in the management register.
>
> Newer chip (such as 88E6390) has replaced these registers with a new
> indirect MGMT mechanism in Global 1.
>
> The patch adds two MV88E6XXX_FLAG_G2_MGMT_EN_{0,2}X flags to describe
> the presence of these Global 2 registers. If 88E6390 support is added, a
> MV88E6XXX_FLAG_G1_MGMT_CTRL flag will be needed to setup Rsvd2CPU.
>
> Note: all switches still support in parallel the ATU Load operation with
> an MGMT Entry State to forward such frames in a less convenient way.
>
> net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add cap for MGMT Enable 2x
We seem to have an extra subject line here?
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.dide...@savoirfairelinux.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch>
Andrew
