From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] net: vlan: add support for 802.1ad Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:47:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20130419.144740.1231334347687908792.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1366373072-19621-1-git-send-email-kaber@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: kaber@trash.net Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:45527 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753625Ab3DSSrn (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:47:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1366373072-19621-1-git-send-email-kaber@trash.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Patrick McHardy Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:04:26 +0200 > The following patches add support for 802.1ad (provider tagging) to the > VLAN driver. The patchset consists of the following parts: > > - renaming of the NET_F_HW_VLAN feature flags to indicate that they only > operate on CTAGs > > - preparation for 802.1ad VLAN filtering offload by adding a proto argument > to the rx_{add,kill}_vid net_device_ops callbacks > > - preparation of the VLAN code to support multiple protocols by making the > protocol used for tagging a property of the VLAN device and converting > the device lookup functions accordingly > > - second step of preparation of the VLAN code by making the packet tagging > functions take a protocol argument > > - introducation of 802.1ad support in the VLAN code, consisting mainly of > checking for ETH_P_8021AD in a couple of places and testing the netdevice > offload feature checks to take the protocol into account > > - announcement of STAG offloading capabilities in a couple of drivers for > virtual network devices > > The patchset is based on net-next.git and has been tested with single and > double tagging with and without HW acceleration (for CTAGs). > > If there are no objections, please apply. Thanks! Great work, all applied to net-next with some whitespace problems fixed. Thanks!