[PATCH] ARM: remove ixp2000 platform
From: Greg Ungerer <hidden>
Date: 2012-03-11 23:48:33
On 11/03/12 22:31, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
Greg Ungerer[off-list ref] writes:quoted
The built in ethernet interfaces on the ixp4xx family are not PCI based. So they at least do not suffer from the BE/LE conversions at the eth driver.The problematic one is IXP42x rev. A0. It has no support for hw mixed mode (LE core + lane swapping where needed). Unfortunately this early
It is not problematic if you are running your core BE right? Regards Greg
chip is quite popular. "Software" mixed mode means byte swapping in the network drivers and IIRC the crypto accelerator becomes unusable (at least without workarounds). Later revisions (42x rev. B0 and up, and all other IXP4[356]) can work in the most efficient hw mixed mode. Support is not upstream but it's basically ready. I think it may be incompatible with XIP.
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