From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B16BC27C76 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2023 13:13:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229622AbjAVNLG (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2023 08:11:06 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:48018 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229566AbjAVNLF (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2023 08:11:05 -0500 Received: from mail-ej1-x634.google.com (mail-ej1-x634.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::634]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0C9E1557C for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2023 05:11:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-ej1-x634.google.com with SMTP id az20so24390648ejc.1 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2023 05:11:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=rfrj/yWVqfB1MwmDOElhvJKYnmfLcyJ/3uBsa2bwsHc=; b=QtaOanI2pZwId3KgxPT6j9Jy8yCb5DhVuaLUjF1XDZtOtIGl+Lg8EZy19hHbwBcflb dPp0k8gNVAX9kO6SngFOQiBwGhEpTdvDXtNLHoT9y2Ng6PkBYe/5vzJT5AIKO9eVRv5Y GSGf02KwYN6XhOsRBb+07+rDth51WW16FOLDyNvQlxbN7Cae7Yl/OGIbWO3ycOQBaA44 +U2/VCi1WX9bmqTR8QlH3a6jdWfFPwf498cg1+DU1mLn50l292NXFH/9cEiYiPmVDIJN XIQnu6igtOO/zsGoag6Ag9bwkzJc9Ylb9XmVzvd9Fd9K92g2Sgwk/nT5+1c50LlRS9A3 udAQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=rfrj/yWVqfB1MwmDOElhvJKYnmfLcyJ/3uBsa2bwsHc=; b=TYYxqvsFaQZx1IQYwl9fZSxcdRl5LQyk4xhfKtykkMvwK9YD8VD5uY1ibNLb7b//yy XAyrypmXagwZVIu1z47tXz4ZAZNvOgER3716yGdHK4jhV0LRgYlY8fq3ApDbFFsJSaNh /ofTY8V8oIY4eRfIQZjxrx8IeShLevd+fgcYHaJ4Cso/n8kchaxJ28GGBewePSHoBnUJ rDvvWJqLMdyjkmzZOyineG2wnCMCEB86eOlyYsFPIOeDArqwOyVg6tVAqfCaJFclie7I X1ckQfpJNnH+LOsFQniYzPU9MhxhNM+qpfLXh+/lUiBUNFS5AlyLMWhD5scMxwKLmZJw Q11A== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kpBgt41xfX+wiwESgKfaJxqfNj/FgPQNzXVfFjsw70MUzVlyciL MFU6dXAKzxvROtZ1ie7VrmhhsfXN02agSQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXvkyYWvkvcPtOPkUKwZHPp9o3xICRvdxnGuJA+tHsQUXLD0Tpu4gmJjC+7Mr2lF4yF+eUQsHw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:354d:b0:85c:dc1b:dfb0 with SMTP id s13-20020a170906354d00b0085cdc1bdfb0mr22560558eja.47.1674393061248; Sun, 22 Jan 2023 05:11:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from skbuf ([188.25.254.227]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b2-20020a1709063ca200b00877a0ebccc0sm3652081ejh.125.2023.01.22.05.11.00 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 22 Jan 2023 05:11:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 15:10:58 +0200 From: Vladimir Oltean To: Aaron Thompson Cc: Tobias Waldekranz , netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mv88e6xxx assisted learning on CPU port Message-ID: <20230122131058.n4b2jejecksane3j@skbuf> References: <01000185d7afea8b-cdad9c75-b82b-456e-80c1-ce62d6afe761-000000@email.amazonses.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <01000185d7afea8b-cdad9c75-b82b-456e-80c1-ce62d6afe761-000000@email.amazonses.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 04:15:08AM +0000, Aaron Thompson wrote: > Hi Tobias, Vladimir, et al., > > Just a quick question: Is there a reason why the patch to enable > assisted_learning_on_cpu_port for mv88e6xxx never made it to mainline? It > was included in this RFC series: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210224114350.2791260-14-olteanv@gmail.com/ > > But not in the series that eventually made it to mainline. In my searching > on lore, I haven't been able to find anything else about it, yea or nay. > > Thanks, > -- Aaron Because since commit ce5df6894a57 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: map virtual bridges with forwarding offload in the PVT"), the mv88e6xxx driver supports a more potent feature (bridge TX forwarding offload), which sends packets from software to the switch in a way in which the switch can automatically learn their MAC SA + VLAN ID, among other benefits. More details can be found here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/dsa/dsa.html#bridge-layer