linux-drivers/
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell

Marvell Ethernet NICs and switches (Yukon, Armada, Prestera, OCTEON)

A broad collection of Marvell networking hardware support, ranging from legacy SysKonnect/Yukon Gigabit Ethernet cards of the early 2000s through Armada/MVEBU SoC Ethernet controllers used in many ARM-based routers and NAS boxes, up to current Prestera switching silicon and OCTEON 10 / CN10K infrastructure processors used in modern data-centre and carrier networking gear.

keep conf=0.90 last_sold=2025 deploy=high replacement=none subsystem=net category=networking-ethernet
90%

recommendation

It should stay because this is an active, multi-family vendor directory rather than a single ageing chip. Marvell still ships Prestera switches and OCTEON 10 processors as current 2025 products, and the OcteonTX2 code in particular sees frequent net-next patches from both Marvell and outside contributors. The older Yukon and Orion-era code rides along, but it shares the directory with hardware that is very much alive.

repository signals

174 files
156,993 source lines
1,081 commits, 5y
+84,930 / −24,564 lines added / removed, 5y
216 authors, 5y
monthly commits · 2021-04-21 → 2026-04-21 · 1,081 total · active in 60/61 months
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2021-04: 3 commits · +266 −8 2021-05: 19 commits · +6,240 −3,487 2021-06: 42 commits · +6,766 −611 2021-07: 22 commits · +800 −110 2021-08: 56 commits · +1,908 −641 2021-09: 25 commits · +1,592 −826 2021-10: 37 commits · +2,033 −1,208 2021-11: 29 commits · +2,125 −985 2021-12: 21 commits · +1,041 −201 2022-01: 29 commits · +445 −262 2022-02: 21 commits · +2,030 −304 2022-03: 8 commits · +34 −18 2022-04: 19 commits · +5,813 −68 2022-05: 12 commits · +130 −38 2022-06: 7 commits · +95 −46 2022-07: 50 commits · +7,758 −3,390 2022-08: 14 commits · +838 −159 2022-09: 12 commits · +398 −74 2022-10: 30 commits · +8,546 −116 2022-11: 38 commits · +567 −175 2022-12: 10 commits · +445 −91 2023-01: 25 commits · +755 −510 2023-02: 7 commits · +115 −40 2023-03: 20 commits · +1,010 −599 2023-04: 10 commits · +215 −89 2023-05: 31 commits · +2,633 −373 2023-06: 19 commits · +516 −82 2023-07: 16 commits · +871 −256 2023-08: 29 commits · +601 −215 2023-09: 12 commits · +794 −197 2023-10: 12 commits · +276 −414 2023-11: 23 commits · +2,759 −195 2023-12: 38 commits · +6,981 −415 2024-01: 12 commits · +826 −5,556 2024-02: 13 commits · +5,328 −61 2024-03: 17 commits · +381 −117 2024-04: 14 commits · +81 −35 2024-05: 8 commits · +196 −85 2024-06: 9 commits · +614 −81 2024-07: 10 commits · +49 −32 2024-08: 12 commits · +238 −97 2024-09: 10 commits · +70 −54 2024-10: 19 commits · +346 −262 2024-11: 21 commits · +2,223 −221 2024-12: 18 commits · +1,726 −112 2025-01: 12 commits · +272 −209 2025-02: 14 commits · +590 −133 2025-03: 6 commits · +21 −10 2025-04: 14 commits · +226 −161 2025-05: 22 commits · +319 −93 2025-06: 17 commits · +1,742 −403 2025-07: 10 commits · +299 −120 2025-08: 7 commits · +104 −16 2025-09: 14 commits · +72 −21 2025-10: 14 commits · +1,130 −94 2025-11: 5 commits · +30 −25 2025-12: 2 commits · +10 −0 2026-01: 15 commits · +169 −51 2026-02: 17 commits · +467 −307 2026-03: 3 commits · +5 −5 2026-04: 0 commits · +0 −0

sources

  1. lore.kernel.org

    April 9, 2026 net-next patch touches drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c, showing current upstream development in this directory.

  2. lore.kernel.org

    April 3, 2026 net-next patch updates octeontx2-pf, confirming recent non-removal maintenance by multiple authors.

  3. git.kernel.org

    Kconfig shows this directory spans multiple Marvell Ethernet families, including legacy Yukon/SysKonnect parts and newer Armada/MVEBU plus Octeon and Prestera support.

  4. marvell.com

    Marvell markets Prestera Ethernet switching silicon, indicating hardware in this driver family remains a current product line.

  5. marvell.com

    Marvell markets OCTEON 10 infrastructure processors, supporting the conclusion that Octeon/CN10K-era networking hardware covered here is still sold in the 2025 timeframe.

codex reasoning notes (technical)

Keep: this is a broad vendor driver directory, not a single obsolete NIC. lore_file_timeline on otx2_pf.c (tool) showed heavy 2024-2026 traffic with April 2026 net-next patches; no removal signal was found in the evidence gathered. The top-level Kconfig URL was added by canonical recall to map covered families. Prestera and OCTEON 10 product URLs were added by canonical recall as current-product evidence. Legacy skge/sky2 and Orion-era code exists, but active modern Octeon/Prestera/MVEBU deployments dominate, so deprecation/removal is not justified.