Le Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:35:43 +0000,
Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx> a écrit :
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 08:09:37AM +0200, Clément Léger wrote:
> > Le Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:51:43 +0000,
> > Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx> a écrit :
> >
> > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 04:38:25PM +0200, Clément Léger wrote:
> > > > Le Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:22:55 +0000,
> > > > Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx> a écrit :
> > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 04:15:22PM +0200, Clément Léger
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Le Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:06:12 +0000,
> > > > > > Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx> a écrit :
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 03:49:30PM +0200, Clément Léger
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > Add support to get mac from device-tree using
> > > > > > > > of_get_mac_address.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Clément Léger <clement.leger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vsc7514.c | 5 ++++-
> > > > > > > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vsc7514.c
> > > > > > > > b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vsc7514.c index
> > > > > > > > d51f799e4e86..c39118e5b3ee 100644 ---
> > > > > > > > a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vsc7514.c +++
> > > > > > > > b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vsc7514.c @@ -526,7
> > > > > > > > +526,10 @@ static int ocelot_chip_init(struct ocelot
> > > > > > > > *ocelot, const struct ocelot_ops *ops)
> > > > > > > > ocelot_pll5_init(ocelot);
> > > > > > > > - eth_random_addr(ocelot->base_mac);
> > > > > > > > + ret = of_get_mac_address(ocelot->dev->of_node,
> > > > > > > > ocelot->base_mac);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Why not per port? This is pretty strange, I think.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Vladimir,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Currently, all ports share the same base mac address (5
> > > > > > first bytes). The final mac address per port is computed in
> > > > > > ocelot_probe_port by adding the port number as the last
> > > > > > byte of the mac_address provided.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Clément
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, I know that, but that's not my point.
> > > > > Every switch port should be pretty much compliant with
> > > > > ethernet-controller.yaml, if it could inherit that it would be
> > > > > even better. And since mac-address is an
> > > > > ethernet-controller.yaml property, it is pretty much
> > > > > non-obvious at all that you put the mac-address property
> > > > > directly under the switch, and manually add 0, 1, 2, 3 etc to
> > > > > it. My request was to parse the mac-address property of each
> > > > > port. Like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > base_mac = random;
> > > > >
> > > > > for_each_port() {
> > > > > err = of_get_mac_address(port_dn, &port_mac);
> > > > > if (err)
> > > > > port_mac = base_mac + port;
> > > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Ok indeed. So I will parse each port for a mac-address
> > > > property. Do you also want a fallback to use the switch base
> > > > mac if not specified in port or should I keep the use of a
> > > > default random mac as the base address anyway ?
> > >
> > > Isn't the pseudocode I posted above explicit enough? Sorry...
> > > Keep doing what the driver is doing right now, with an optional
> > > mac-address override per port.
> > > Why would we read the mac-address property of the switch? Which
> > > other switch driver does that? Are there device trees in
> > > circulation where this is being done?
> >
> > BTW, this is actually done on sparx5 switch driver.
>
> Highly inconsistent, but true. I'm saying that because
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/microchip,sparx5-switch.yaml
> says that "mac-address" should be under "switch", but then proceeds
> to put it under "port@64" in the example.
Agreed, additionally the driver uses the "mac-adress" property from the
switch node to initialize the base mac.
Anyway, I changed my patch to use mac-adress for each port and modified
the yaml bindings to include ethernet-controller.yaml and use a
"mac-address" property per port.
>
> Most likely not caught during review, I'm not sure if this could be
> considered good practice.
>
> > > > > > > > + if (ret)
> > > > > > > > + eth_random_addr(ocelot->base_mac);
> > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > ocelot->base_mac[5] &= 0xf0;
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > return 0;
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > 2.33.0
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Clément Léger,
> > Embedded Linux and Kernel engineer at Bootlin
> > https://bootlin.com
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Clément Léger,
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineer at Bootlin
https://bootlin.com
