From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:33:13 +0200, Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When redescribing ports I assumed that missing "label" (like "cpu")
> means switch port isn't used. That was incorrect and I realized my
> change made Linux always use the first (5) CPU port (there are 3 of
> them).
>
> While above should technically be possible it often isn't correct:
> 1. Non-default switch ports are often connected to Ethernet interfaces
> not fully covered by vendor setup (they may miss MACs)
> 2. On some devices non-default ports require specifying fixed link
>
> This fixes network connectivity for some devices. It was reported &
> tested for Netgear R8000. It also affects Linksys EA9200 with its
> downstream DTS.
>
> Fixes: ba4aebce23b2 ("ARM: dts: BCM5301X: Describe switch ports in the main DTS")
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Applied to https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux/commits/devicetree/next, thanks!
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Florian
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