From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/3] remove bridge mode BRIDGE_MODE_SWDEV Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:25:25 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20141209.182525.6516706474261666.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1418076261-24593-1-git-send-email-roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jiri@resnulli.us, sfeldma@gmail.com, jhs@mojatatu.com, bcrl@kvack.org, tgraf@suug.ch, john.fastabend@gmail.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, linville@tuxdriver.com, vyasevic@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, shm@cumulusnetworks.com, gospo@cumulusnetworks.com To: roopa@cumulusnetworks.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:39945 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753902AbaLIXZa (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:25:30 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1418076261-24593-1-git-send-email-roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: roopa@cumulusnetworks.com Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 14:04:18 -0800 > From: Roopa Prabhu > > BRIDGE_MODE_SWDEV was introduced to indicate switchdev offloads > for bridging from user space (In other words to call into the hw switch > port driver directly). But user can use existing BRIDGE_FLAGS_SELF > to call into the hw switch port driver today. swdev mode is not required > anymore. So, this patch removes it. > > v4 - v5 > incorporate comments > - Define BRIDGE_MODE_UNDEF to handle cases where mode is not defined > - reverse the order of patches > - include patch comments in all patches > > Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu Series applied, thanks.