> On Sep 6, 2022, at 5:33 PM, Florian Fainelli <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I don't see much content to document DSA. All DSA does is creating a network
>> interface for each switch port. What I think should be properly documented
>> is the Bridge VLAN filtering feature. I have made some efforts to do that on
>> my playground here:
>> https://openwrt.org/playground/arinc9/start
>> ...
>
> Maybe this is enough to reference since it contains basic use cases, and not
> so basic ones, too:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/networking/dsa/configuration.rst
> --
I have the sense that the terminology surrounding DSA is very murky. But in the
DSA Mini-tutorial,
(https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/dsa/dsa-mini-tutorial) I made a
distinction between "Devices" and "Interfaces in the Terminology section.
- Devices are things that 'send bits' without regard for IP address or subnets
- Interfaces correspond to IP subnet ranges, and the routing function within
the router moves packets between interfaces.
I wrote this mostly because the LuCI interface itself makes a distinction
between the "Devices" tab and the "Interfaces" tab. But maybe this isn't the
best way to describe what goes there.
Perhaps we could get the designer of the LuCI interface and other networking
gurus to weigh in on how to describe this. Thanks.
Rich
PS I don't have a dog in this fight. If the entire Mini-tutorial were scrapped,
and replaced with a description of what's true and correct, I would be happy.
Thanks again
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