From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 05/10] rocker: introduce rocker switch driver
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:10:36 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141111161036.GI19157@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141111154017.GH1825@nanopsycho.lan>
On 11/11/14 at 04:40pm, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 04:32:32PM CET, tgraf@suug.ch wrote:
> >If the ID is only unique within a driver, then the user space cannot
> >rely on using the ID to group switch ports. Multiple drivers might
> >come up with the same ID.
>
> Well, as I said, it is the same as for physical port id. But if needed,
> there can be added some simple mechanism for the id registration
> ensuring their uniqueness.
>
> >
> >Even now, multiple rocker instances would have the same ID.
>
> It depends on what hw returns to driver.
I think that falls within the responsibility of the API. I'll propose
a patch to address it after this gets in.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-11 16:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-09 10:51 [patch net-next v2 00/10] introduce rocker switch driver with hardware accelerated datapath api - phase 1: bridge fdb offload Jiri Pirko
2014-11-09 10:51 ` [patch net-next v2 01/10] net: rename netdev_phys_port_id to more generic name Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 3:35 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 5:23 ` David Miller
2014-11-10 12:06 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 12:33 ` Daniel Borkmann
2014-11-10 12:56 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 16:28 ` David Miller
2014-11-10 7:43 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 12:17 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 13:16 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 13:20 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 16:28 ` David Miller
2014-11-10 19:03 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 21:57 ` John Fastabend
2014-11-09 10:51 ` [patch net-next v2 02/10] net: introduce generic switch devices support Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 21:59 ` John Fastabend
2014-11-11 15:11 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-11 9:49 ` M. Braun
2014-11-11 10:04 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-19 13:28 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-19 13:46 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-19 13:59 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-20 15:55 ` Andy Gospodarek
2014-11-21 7:16 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-09 10:51 ` [patch net-next v2 03/10] rtnl: expose physical switch id for particular device Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 3:43 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 7:45 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 17:58 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-10 20:02 ` Scott Feldman
2014-11-11 13:55 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-10 22:14 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 22:31 ` John Fastabend
2014-11-10 22:01 ` John Fastabend
2014-11-09 10:51 ` [patch net-next v2 04/10] net-sysfs: " Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 22:01 ` John Fastabend
2014-11-09 10:51 ` [patch net-next v2 05/10] rocker: introduce rocker switch driver Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 22:04 ` John Fastabend
2014-11-11 14:29 ` Thomas Graf
2014-11-11 15:19 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-11 15:32 ` Thomas Graf
2014-11-11 15:40 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-11 16:10 ` Thomas Graf [this message]
2014-11-27 14:09 ` Florian Fainelli
2014-11-11 15:41 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-11 15:44 ` John Fastabend
2014-11-11 15:28 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-09 10:51 ` [patch net-next v2 06/10] bridge: introduce fdb offloading via switchdev Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 3:47 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 8:15 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 9:30 ` Scott Feldman
2014-11-10 12:47 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 13:47 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 19:13 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 13:51 ` Thomas Graf
2014-11-10 17:30 ` Andy Gospodarek
2014-11-10 19:03 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-12 13:43 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-09 10:51 ` [patch net-next v2 07/10] bridge: call netdev_sw_port_stp_update when bridge port STP status changes Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 13:11 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 14:04 ` Thomas Graf
2014-11-10 19:20 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 15:59 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-09 10:51 ` [patch net-next v2 08/10] bridge: add API to notify bridge driver of learned FBD on offloaded device Jiri Pirko
2014-11-11 14:21 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-11 17:38 ` Scott Feldman
2014-11-11 21:43 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-09 10:51 ` [patch net-next v2 09/10] rocker: implement rocker ofdpa flow table manipulation Jiri Pirko
2014-11-09 10:51 ` [patch net-next v2 10/10] rocker: implement L2 bridge offloading Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 3:53 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 8:18 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 9:10 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2014-11-10 8:46 ` Scott Feldman
2014-11-10 12:27 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 16:12 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-10 17:36 ` Scott Feldman
2014-11-10 18:35 ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-11-10 19:27 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 19:47 ` Scott Feldman
2014-11-10 21:14 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 19:25 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 17:22 ` Scott Feldman
2014-11-09 16:40 ` [patch net-next] bridge: rename fdb_*_hw to fdb_*_hw_addr to avoid confusion Jiri Pirko
2014-11-11 2:33 ` David Miller
2014-11-11 7:20 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 3:31 ` [patch net-next v2 00/10] introduce rocker switch driver with hardware accelerated datapath api - phase 1: bridge fdb offload Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 3:46 ` Simon Horman
2014-11-10 4:03 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 4:58 ` Simon Horman
2014-11-10 22:23 ` John Fastabend
2014-11-11 8:51 ` Simon Horman
2014-11-13 5:44 ` Simon Horman
2014-11-13 6:31 ` John Fastabend
2014-11-21 2:01 ` Simon Horman
2014-11-21 7:20 ` John Fastabend
2014-11-10 7:23 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 12:16 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-11-10 13:12 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-10 16:48 ` Thomas Graf
2014-11-12 13:44 ` Jiri Pirko
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