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From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 3/9] net: hns3: Add "port vlan table" information
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> > > Adding debugfs files for basic switch concepts like MAC and VLAN tables
> > > seems like a bit of a stretch to me.  I wonder what others think.
> > 
> > Agreed.
> 
> 
> I was wondering how other vendors are solving this? One way I could 
> understand is to use "Switchdev" framework which in turn will expose
> entries to the kernel using the switch driver. In our NIC we don't
> have a proper switch and it cannot learn/age entries.

Your hardware is there to accelerate what linux can do in software.
How do we manage the software version of this feature?

> Also, on-SoC NIC contains other tables which might not have any standard
> user-space interface at all. What are your suggestions regarding that?

How are these tables map to software features the Linux stack
implements?

	Andrew