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Microchip LAN969x SoC Going Upstream In Linux 6.18


One of the new SoCs to be supported by the upstream Linux 6.18 kernel is the Microchip LAN969x.

The Microchip LAN969x SoC is used by various Ethernet switches with bandwidth capabilities ranging from 48 to 102 Gbps and up to a total of 30 ports. Microchip has the LAN969x 24-port EVB as a 24x 1G + 4x 10G switch as a development board built around this SoC. With this pull request submitted from Microchip Technology, the initial infrastructure for supporting the Microchip LAN969x SoC is going upstream to the Linux kernel with the next merge window.

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