On 09/07/2020 13:53, Andrew Lunn wrote:
On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 11:32:00AM +0000, ѽ҉ᶬḳ℠ wrote:"kernel":"5.4.50", "system":"ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l)","model":"Turris Omnia","board_name":"cznic,turris-omnia","release":{"distribution":"OpenWrt","version":"SNAPSHOT","revision":"r13719-66e04abbb6","target":"mvebu/cortexa9","} CPU Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 | Switch Marvell 88E6176 soft bridge br-lan enslaving DSA ports lan0 lan1 lan2 DSA master device eth1 (subsequent ip l exhibits slaves as lanX@eth1) ---------- After perusal of https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt it is my understanding that offloading works only for static FDB entries, though not clear to me: * what the logic is behind, and * why DSA ports are not static FDB entries by default (would only seem logical)Hello With DSA, we have two sets of tables. The switch performs address learning, and the software bridge performs address learning. No attempt is made to keep these dynamic FDB entries in sync. There is not enough bandwidth over the MDIO link to keep the two tables in sync. However, when you dump the FDB using the bridge command, you get to see the combination of both tables. The hardware will perform forwarding based on its table, and the software bridge based on its table.. However, if there is no entry in the hardware table for a given destination MAC address, it will forward the frame to the software bridge, so it can decide what to do with it. For static FDB entries which the user adds, they are first added to the software bridge, and then pushed down to the switch. Andrew
Thank you for the instantaneous feedback and insight! Two questions if you do not mind: 1) does the above apply to all stable kernel releases or only => 5.4? Because with 4.14 there are reports that dynamic addresses of clients roaming from a switch port to an bridge port (upstream of the switch, e.g. WLan AP provided by the router) facing time outs until the switch retires (ages) the client's MAC. 2) The document https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt cites (for static entries) bridge command will label these entries "offload" Is that still up-to-date or rather outdated from the earlier days of DSA?
