On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 3:22 PM, Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 05:47:24AM +0300, Ran Shalit wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to use marvell switch in linux, >> Is it that the kernel drivers from marvell switch are used just to >> enable all ports, or do they also provide APIs to userspace to enable >> specific ports only. >> I have not find examples or wiki for marvell switch, so I am not too >> sure as what are the drivers meant for. > > Hi Ran > > The Marvell driver makes each port act like a normal Linux network > interface. So if you want to enable a port, do > > ip link set lan0 up > > Want to add an ip address to a port > > ip addr add 10.42.42.42/24 dev lan0 > > Want to bridge two ports > > ip link add name br0 type bridge > ip link set dev br0 up > ip link set dev lan0 master br0 > ip link set dev lan1 master br0 > > Just treat them as normal interfaces. >
Is there a wiki which explains switch configuration ? What does it mean that they are treated as normal interfaces ? Is it possible to open socket and send/recieve on switch ports (lan0 for example) ? My understanding is that these ports are not treated the same as eth0 interface for example. Thanks for the assistance, ranran > Andrew
