I (think) the AR8327 switch support now works

[Adrian Chadd]

Yeah, I can't really help more than this at the moment. It feels like
some kind of timing thing.

What's the kernel config file that you're using?

Thanks,


-a


On 9 March 2014 15:12, Milan Obuch <freebsd-mips at dino.sk> wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Mar 2014 13:18:43 -0700
> Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yes, I do think you're right. I think the MDIO IO is not being
>> terribly stable.
>>
>
> My feeling is that this is the key problem, now. I did som repeated
> testing, rebooting the box multiple times, and three times or so I got
> arswitch0 attached, but traffic did not flow through it. And it's a bit
> hard to do some debugging with no datasheet. OpenWrt sources could give
> some hints, but not as easy for me.
>
> Also, when arswitch0 attached, arswitch1 did not. Maybe it is a
> coincidence, but I think there is some interdepence now and this should
> be changed.
>
>> Unfortunately I don't have the time to figure it out. So if someone
>> wants to buy/ship me an RB2011 of some flavour, I'll likely have a
>> much better chance of figuring out what's going on.
>>
>
> It's a pity, at least for me :) so I must wait for your next advice...
> anyway, I would say it is necessary to work out MDIO part right, it
> should be stable and reliable. To me it looks like that's the real
> problem and source of all other troubles.
>
> I will keep trying to find anything, but probability to find the
> correct way is not that much given current availability of docs.
> Unfortunatelly, sending you any kind of RB2011 is out of my reach.
>
> Regards,
> Milan