switch ports on AR71xx platforms

[Adrian Chadd]

Right, btu there's a few different ways it can be hooked up.

I'm sorry I don't have the time to help out at the moment, would
someone else be able to step up and help Biryani with getting the
AR8316 on his board working?



Adrian


On 25 August 2012 20:52, Biryani Niharee <niharee at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> open-wrt page says that the switch chip is  AR8316.
> thanks!
>
> ________________________________
> From: Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org>
> To: Biryani Niharee <niharee at yahoo.com>; "freebsd-embedded at freebsd.org"
> <freebsd-embedded at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:21 PM
> Subject: Re: switch ports on AR71xx platforms
>
> Yes. But you need to provide more info about which switch phy is on the
> board.
> Adrian
> On Aug 25, 2012 3:11 PM, "Biryani Niharee" <niharee at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> hi Adrian,
>   I had a different question about  AR7161 buffalo boxes with 4 port switch.
>
>   If I don't use the switch-port changes (that were committed in April May
> timeframe),  would I still be able to use  the system's LAN ports.
>
>   I can get the  1 LAN and  1 WAN port working with  trying out diff values
> for  phymask.   But the remaining 3 LAN ports stay unresponsive.    I was
> under the impression that the  remaining 3 LAN ports will also be functional
> like a  basic  switch/hub;  just that I will not be able to get  VLAN and
> switch/bridge controls from the OS.
>
>    Was I thinking right, about the ability to use all 4 LAN ports ?     or
> will the remaining 3 only work if the  switch related code is brought in?
>
> Zia
>
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