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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 00/26] bonding/team offload + mlxsw
 implementation
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 15:43:00 +0100
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Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 02:48:38PM CET, jiri@resnulli.us wrote:
>From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
>
>This patchset introduces needed infrastructure for link aggregation
>offload - for both team and bonding. It also implements the offload
>in mlxsw driver.
>
>Particulary, this patchset introduces possibility for upper driver
>(bond/team/bridge/..) to pass type-specific info down to notifier listeners.
>Info is passed along with NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER/NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER
>notifiers. Listeners (drivers of netdevs being enslaved) can react
>accordingly.
>
>Other extension is for run-time use. This patchset introduces
>new netdev notifier type - NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE. Along with this
>notification, the upper driver (bond/team/bridge/..) can pass some
>information about lower device change, particulary link-up and
>TX-enabled states. Listeners (drivers of netdevs being enslaved)
>can react accordingly.
>
>The last part of the patchset is implementation of LAG offload in mlxsw,
>using both previously introduced infrastructre extensions.
>
>Note that bond-speficic (and ugly) NETDEV_BONDING_INFO used by mlx4
>can be removed and mlx4 can use the extensions this patchset adds.
>I plan to convert it and get rid of NETDEV_BONDING_INFO in
>a follow-up patchset.

ccing couple of people I forgot to cc.