From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/6] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Flood broadcast frames in hardware
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 20:36:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170927183650.GC12394@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8737786lua.fsf@weeman.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>
> Adding the broadcast address to an Ethernet switch's FDB is pretty
> generic and mv88e6xxx mustn't be the only driver doing this.
Actually, it is. All the others seem to do this in hardware without
needing an FDB. Since mv88e6xxx is the only one requiring it, it has
to be done in the mv88e6xxx driver.
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-27 18:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-26 22:25 [PATCH net-next 0/6] mv88e6xxx broadcast flooding in hardware Andrew Lunn
2017-09-26 22:25 ` [PATCH net-next 1/6] net: dsa: Fix SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID Andrew Lunn
2017-09-27 10:15 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2017-09-27 15:31 ` Vivien Didelot
2017-09-26 22:25 ` [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: dsa: {e}dsa: set offload_fwd_mark on received packets Andrew Lunn
2017-09-27 19:46 ` Florian Fainelli
2017-09-27 20:11 ` Andrew Lunn
2017-09-26 22:26 ` [PATCH net-next 3/6] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fixed port netdev check for VLANs Andrew Lunn
2017-09-26 22:26 ` [PATCH net-next 4/6] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Print offending port when vlan check fails Andrew Lunn
2017-09-27 15:49 ` Vivien Didelot
2017-09-26 22:26 ` [PATCH net-next 5/6] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Move mv88e6xxx_port_db_load_purge() Andrew Lunn
2017-09-27 15:51 ` Vivien Didelot
2017-09-26 22:26 ` [PATCH net-next 6/6] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Flood broadcast frames in hardware Andrew Lunn
2017-09-27 18:24 ` Vivien Didelot
2017-09-27 18:36 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2017-09-27 18:59 ` Vivien Didelot
2017-09-27 18:37 ` Florian Fainelli
2017-09-27 18:46 ` Andrew Lunn
2017-09-27 19:19 ` Vivien Didelot
2017-09-27 19:33 ` Florian Fainelli
2017-09-27 20:18 ` Andrew Lunn
2017-09-26 22:26 ` [PATCH 6/6] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Forward broadcast frames to cpu and dsa ports Andrew Lunn
2017-09-26 22:43 ` Andrew Lunn
2017-09-27 3:20 ` David Miller
2017-09-27 18:28 ` [PATCH net-next 0/6] mv88e6xxx broadcast flooding in hardware Vivien Didelot
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