Re: [PATCH net-next 2/9] net: bridge: offload initial and final port flags through switchdev

2021-02-08 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrov
On 08/02/2021 13:45, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 01:37:03PM +0200, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: >> Hi Vladimir, >> I think this patch potentially breaks some use cases. There are a few >> problems, I'll >> start with the more serious one: before the ports would have a set of

Re: [PATCH net-next 2/9] net: bridge: offload initial and final port flags through switchdev

2021-02-08 Thread Vladimir Oltean
On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 01:37:03PM +0200, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote: > Hi Vladimir, > I think this patch potentially breaks some use cases. There are a few > problems, I'll > start with the more serious one: before the ports would have a set of flags > that were > always set when joining, now

Re: [PATCH net-next 2/9] net: bridge: offload initial and final port flags through switchdev

2021-02-08 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrov
On 08/02/2021 01:21, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > From: Vladimir Oltean > > It must first be admitted that switchdev device drivers have a life > beyond the bridge, and when they aren't offloading the bridge driver > they are operating with forwarding disabled between ports, emulating as > closely

[PATCH net-next 2/9] net: bridge: offload initial and final port flags through switchdev

2021-02-07 Thread Vladimir Oltean
From: Vladimir Oltean It must first be admitted that switchdev device drivers have a life beyond the bridge, and when they aren't offloading the bridge driver they are operating with forwarding disabled between ports, emulating as closely as possible N standalone network interfaces. Now it must