(DSA_MAX_SWITCHES).
 Each of these switch child nodes should have the following required properties:
 
-- reg                  : Describes the switch address on the MII bus
+- reg                  : Contains two fields. The first one describes the
+                         address on the MII bus. The second is the switch
+                         number that must be unique in cascaded configurations
 - #address-cells       : Must be 1
 - #size-cells          : Must be 0
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF
 static int dsa_of_setup_routing_table(struct dsa_platform_data *pd,
                                        struct dsa_chip_data *cd,
-                                       int chip_index,
+                                       int chip_index, int port_index,
                                        struct device_node *link)
 {
-       int ret;
        const __be32 *reg;
-       int link_port_addr;
        int link_sw_addr;
        struct device_node *parent_sw;
        int len;
        if (!reg || (len != sizeof(*reg) * 2))
                return -EINVAL;
 
+       /*
+        * Get the destination switch number from the second field of its 'reg'
+        * property, i.e. for "reg = <0x19 1>" sw_addr is '1'.
+        */
        link_sw_addr = be32_to_cpup(reg + 1);
 
        if (link_sw_addr >= pd->nr_chips)
                memset(cd->rtable, -1, pd->nr_chips * sizeof(s8));
        }
 
-       reg = of_get_property(link, "reg", NULL);
-       if (!reg) {
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
-       }
-
-       link_port_addr = be32_to_cpup(reg);
-
-       cd->rtable[link_sw_addr] = link_port_addr;
+       cd->rtable[link_sw_addr] = port_index;
 
        return 0;
-out:
-       kfree(cd->rtable);
-       return ret;
 }
 
 static void dsa_of_free_platform_data(struct dsa_platform_data *pd)
                        if (!strcmp(port_name, "dsa") && link &&
                                        pd->nr_chips > 1) {
                                ret = dsa_of_setup_routing_table(pd, cd,
-                                               chip_index, link);
+                                               chip_index, port_index, link);
                                if (ret)
                                        goto out_free_chip;
                        }