Re: [PATCH v3 RFC 4/4] net: dsa: hsr: Provide generic HSR ksz_hsr_{join|leave} functions

Andrew Lunn
2023-09-05T16:19:05Z

> > And then we would have one port with SW HSR and another one with HW
> > HSR?
>
> No. One HSR device (hsr0, with 2 member ports) with offload and one
> HSR device (hsr1, with 2 member ports) without offload (see (b) below).

I just wanted to comment that offloading is about taking what Linux
can do in software and getting the hardware to do it. Linux should
happily allow two HSR devices, working in software. If you can only
offload one of them, Linux should continue to do the other one in
software.

So please do follow what Vladimir is suggesting.

Andrew