Re: [patch net-next 00/26] bonding/team offload + mlxsw implementation

Jiri Pirko
2015-12-01T15:12:46Z

Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 04:06:23PM CET, gerlitz.or@gmail.com wrote:
>On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Hi Jiri,
>
>I didn't see any changes to switchdev.h, can you elaborate on that please.

Correct. This patchset does not extend switchdev api. The extension is
done for netdev notifiers. It seems natural and correct.

As we discussed already with John on a different thread, it makes sense
for non-switchdev drivers to benefit from this extensions as well.