Re: [PATCH 0/4] RFC CPSW switchdev mode

Ilias Apalodimas
2018-05-24T16:02:59Z

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 05:25:59PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> O.K, back to the basic idea. Switch ports are just normal Linux
> interfaces.
>
> How would you configure this with two e1000e put in a bridge? I want
> multicast to be bridged between the two e1000e, but the host stack
> should not see the packets.
I am not sure i am following. I might be missing something. In your case you
got two ethernet pci/pcie interfaces bridged through software. You can filter
those if needed. In the case we are trying to cover, you got a hardware that
offers that capability. Since not all switches are pcie based shouldn't we be
able to allow this ?

Regards
Ilias