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How to configure Clearfog Pro DSA?

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Hello to you!

 

I was using Arch Linux ARM on my Clearfog Pro for years. Then things got bad. I think it's a bad combination to have a distro with the most up-to-date software while developers are rapidly abandoning and not testing 32-bit Linux software. First wget became incompatible with gnutls and then programs in coreutils that use utmp started malfunctioning. The last straw was the system became unbootable, issuing a message about ext4 "ext4fs_devread read outside partition 18446744073709551440".

 

I switched to Armbian but now I'm at a loss as to how to configure DSA on the Clearfog Pro.

 

I installed the mv88e6xxx but the LAN ports on the DSA switch did not come to life.

  

sudo modprobe mv88e6xxx

 Module                  Size  Used by
+mv88e6xxx             139264  0
+dsa_core               61440  1 mv88e6xxx
+hsr                    28672  1 dsa_core
+bridge                163840  2 mv88e6xxx,dsa_core
+stp                    16384  1 bridge
+llc                    16384  2 bridge,stp
 rfkill                 20480  1
 lz4hc                  16384  0
 lz4                    16384  0
 
$ networkctl -a
WARNING: systemd-networkd is not running, output will be incomplete.

IDX LINK TYPE     OPERATIONAL SETUP
  1 lo   loopback n/a         unmanaged
  2 eth0 ether    n/a         unmanaged
  3 eth1 ether    n/a         unmanaged
  4 eth2 ether    n/a         unmanaged

4 links listed.

$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1024
    link/ether 02:b3:7f:ac:38:c4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.100/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth0
       valid_lft 39361sec preferred_lft 39361sec
    inet6 fdee:207b:f0ce::6ba/128 scope global dynamic noprefixroute 
       valid_lft 39363sec preferred_lft 39363sec
    inet6 fdee:207b:f0ce:0:7b29:63c:40fc:4405/64 scope global noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::e1d8:2674:2151:93fc/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1024
    link/ether 00:50:43:84:25:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: eth2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1024
    link/ether 00:50:43:0d:19:18 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

 

Back when it was working on Arch Linux ARM I would see this 

$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 4e:ea:ed:f3:18:fb brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.0.8/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global br0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 2601:14a:600:6420:4cea:edff:fef3:18fb/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute 
       valid_lft 3069586540sec preferred_lft 3069586540sec
    inet6 fe80::4cea:edff:fef3:18fb/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 532
    link/ether 00:50:43:00:05:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 532
    link/ether 00:50:43:00:00:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::250:43ff:fe00:1/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
5: eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 532
    link/ether 00:50:43:05:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: lan5@eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:00:00:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
7: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:c0:ca:95:8b:89 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
8: lan4@eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:00:00:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
9: lan3@eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:00:00:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
10: lan2@eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:00:00:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
11: lan1@eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br0 state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:00:00:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
12: lan6@eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:00:00:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Does anyone know what I should do to bring up the DSA?

 

Best Regards,

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Yeah you need to UP eth1.  You can even see this in your Arch listing, the lan ports are @eth1. Vs in your armbian listing eth1 is down so the dsa is unreachable.

 

Example ip config via /etc/network/interfaces:

  

# Loopback
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# eth0 wan
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

# eth1 switch dsa port
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet manual

# eth2 sfp port
allow-hotplug eth2
iface eth2 inet manual

# lan ports (dsa)
auto lan1 lan2 lan3 lan4 lan5 lan6
iface lan1 inet manual
iface lan2 inet manual
iface lan3 inet manual
iface lan4 inet manual
iface lan5 inet manual
iface lan6 inet manual

# bridge for local ports
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
        bridge_ports eth2 lan1 lan2 lan3 lan4 lan5 lan6
                address 192.168.1.1
                netmask 255.255.255.0
                network 192.168.1.0
                broadcast 192.168.1.255
                gateway 192.168.1.2
                dns-nameservers 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1

 

 

Clean armbian images are using network manager and should have working switched lan ports ootb.

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Thanks but the answer turned out to be that I was using

  

u-boot-clearfog-base-mmc.kwb

 

But the DSA switch requires 

u-boot-clearfog-pro-mmc.kwb

U-Boot 2013.01-g1e88e63-dirty (Jul 20 2016 - 21:38:48) Marvell version: 2015_T1.0p11

 

I have to admit that eth1 is up now but I didn't do anything to bring it up.

  

$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1024
    link/ether 02:b3:7f:ac:38:c4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.10.10.10/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth0
       valid_lft 29704sec preferred_lft 29704sec
    inet6 fdee:207b:f0ce::6ba/128 scope global dynamic noprefixroute 
       valid_lft 28424sec preferred_lft 28424sec
    inet6 fdee:207b:f0ce:0:7b29:63c:40fc:4405/64 scope global noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::e1d8:2674:2151:93fc/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1508 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1024
    link/ether 00:50:43:84:25:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::107b:c0f4:532e:9166/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: eth2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1024
    link/ether 00:50:43:0d:19:18 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: lan5@eth1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:84:25:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: lan4@eth1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:84:25:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
7: lan3@eth1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:84:25:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
8: lan2@eth1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:84:25:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
9: lan1@eth1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:84:25:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
10: lan6@eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:43:84:25:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::a2ae:94e4:ccf5:6673/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
# Network is managed by Network manager
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

$ ls /etc/network/interfaces.d
$ (nothing)

 

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Great - btw. why are you using this old uboot? 

Current armbian has uboot 2018 and linux kernel 5.15 where all  this stuff works ootb.

 

Download here: 

https://www.armbian.com/clearfog/

 

See sources here: 

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/31ac6383e1ac7ebddd0813abc0f1f9632a9c9c40/config/sources/families/mvebu.conf#L18-L20

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/31ac6383e1ac7ebddd0813abc0f1f9632a9c9c40/config/sources/families/include/mvebu-clearfog.inc#L7-L8

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