[PATCH net-next v6 1/5] net: dsa: microchip: Add fallback Micrel compatibles
From: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-06-07 22:41:44
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linux-devicetree
Subsystem:
microchip ksz series ethernet switch driver, networking drivers, networking [dsa], the rest · Maintainers:
Woojung Huh, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Vladimir Oltean, Linus Torvalds
Because of forking paths when Micrel was acquired by Microchip, two devices also exist with the micrel,* prefix bindings. Add these to the KSZ SPI driver so users can use the more capable driver. Make the KS8995 driver mutually exclusive with this driver to avoid probe races. Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <redacted> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org> --- drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_spi.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig b/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig
index 4ab567c5bbaf..e704ab702c18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ config NET_DSA_RZN1_A5PSW config NET_DSA_KS8995 tristate "Micrel KS8995 family 5-ports 10/100 Ethernet switches" depends on SPI + depends on !NET_DSA_MICROCHIP_KSZ_SPI select NET_DSA_TAG_NONE help This driver supports the Micrel KS8995 family of 10/100 Mbit ethernet
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_spi.c b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_spi.c
index 373e9054947c..77aecac32466 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_spi.c@@ -224,6 +224,21 @@ static void ksz_spi_shutdown(struct spi_device *spi) } static const struct of_device_id ksz_dt_ids[] = { + /* + * Legacy Micrel bindings. In 2015 Microchip acquired + * Micrel which is the originator of the KSZ series, and + * devices branded for Micrel already existed, as well as + * some device tree bindings. These two products are identical + * to the same Microchip products. + */ + { + .compatible = "micrel,ksz8864", + .data = &ksz_switch_chips[KSZ8864] + }, + { + .compatible = "micrel,ksz8795", + .data = &ksz_switch_chips[KSZ8795] + }, { .compatible = "microchip,ksz8463", .data = &ksz_switch_chips[KSZ8463]
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