From: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v5 06/21] net: introduce generic switch devices support
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:44:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5479A377.3010406@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141129095902.GA1856@nanopsycho.orion>
On 29.11.2014 10:59, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>
> Lino, this was already discussed. So far there is no need to introduce
> such new infrastructure. But we have deal that once the need appears, it
> will be added (it easily can be).
>
>>There is already an existing driver (see net/dsa) that addresses the
>>representation of switch devices. What is wrong with that?
>
> This was already discussed as well. dsa is more of a driver for specific
> devices (has for example highly integrated mdio interface). There is
> also a deal to keep these 2 thing separated for now and try to merge
> that as much as we can in the future.
>
I admit i did not follow the whole discussion. I was just wondering why
the existing dsa driver is not extended. But as you said it is planned
to do this in future. So thanks for your explanation.
Regards,
Lino
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-29 10:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-28 13:34 [patch net-next v5 00/21] introduce rocker switch driver with hardware accelerated datapath api - phase 1: bridge fdb offload Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 01/21] bridge: rename fdb_*_hw to fdb_*_hw_addr to avoid confusion Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 02/21] neigh: sort Neighbor Cache Entry Flags Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 03/21] bridge: convert flags in fbd entry into bitfields Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 04/21] net: make vid as a parameter for ndo_fdb_add/ndo_fdb_del Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 05/21] net: rename netdev_phys_port_id to more generic name Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 06/21] net: introduce generic switch devices support Jiri Pirko
2014-11-29 9:31 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2014-11-29 9:59 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-11-29 10:44 ` Lino Sanfilippo [this message]
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 07/21] rtnl: expose physical switch id for particular device Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 08/21] net-sysfs: " Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 09/21] bridge: call netdev_sw_port_stp_update when bridge port STP status changes Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 10/21] bridge: add API to notify bridge driver of learned FBD on offloaded device Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 11/21] bridge: move private brport flags to if_bridge.h so port drivers can use flags Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 12/21] bridge: add new brport flag LEARNING_SYNC Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 13/21] bridge: add new hwmode swdev Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 14/21] bridge: add brport flags to dflt bridge_getlink Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 15/21] rocker: introduce rocker switch driver Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 16/21] rocker: implement rocker ofdpa flow table manipulation Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 17/21] rocker: implement L2 bridge offloading Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 18/21] rocker: implement ndo_fdb_dump Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 19/21] rocker: add ndo_bridge_setlink/getlink support for learning policy Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 20/21] rocker: Add proper validation of Netlink attributes Jiri Pirko
2014-11-28 13:34 ` [patch net-next v5 21/21] rocker: Use logical operators on booleans Jiri Pirko
2014-12-03 4:02 ` [patch net-next v5 00/21] introduce rocker switch driver with hardware accelerated datapath api - phase 1: bridge fdb offload David Miller
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