Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752118AbcDPXHi (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Apr 2016 19:07:38 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:36389 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751867AbcDPXHh (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Apr 2016 19:07:37 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 19:07:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20160416.190729.1734034862162629026.davem@davemloft.net> To: vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@savoirfairelinux.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com, andrew@lunn.ch Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix hardware cross-chip bridging From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1460659329-11473-1-git-send-email-vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> References: <1460659329-11473-1-git-send-email-vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:07:31 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 865 Lines: 18 From: Vivien Didelot Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:42:06 -0400 > In order to accelerate cross-chip switching of frames with the hardware, > the DSA Tag ports, used to interconnect switch devices, must learn SA > and DA addresses, and share the same FDB with the user ports. > > The two first patches restore address learning on DSA links. This fixes > hardware cross-chip bridging in a VLAN filtering enabled system, which > implements a bridge group as a 802.1Q VLAN and thus share an isolated > address database between DSA and user ports. > > The third patch changes the distinct default databases used for each > port, to the same address database. This fixes the hardware cross-chip > bridging in a VLAN filtering disabled system, where a bridge group gets > implemented only as a port-based VLAN. Series applied, thanks.