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Subject: Re: [PATCH NEXT 4/4] netxen: bridged mode optimizations
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From: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay@netxen.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:23:28 -0700

> From: Narender Kumar <narender.kumar@qlogic.com>
> 
> When the interface is put in bridged mode, destination mac
> addresses are unknown to firmware. So packets take a slow
> path (lower priority) in firmware reducing performance.
> 
> Firmware can cache limited number of remote unicast mac
> addresses for certain interval, if "dynamic mac learning"
> mode is enabled.
> 
> Driver needs to enable this "mac learning" mode in firmware.
> Currently this is done through net device class sysfs entry,
> possibly this can also be done upon netlink notifications to
> from bridge.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Narender Kumar <narender.kumar@qlogic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay@netxen.com>

Applied.