From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: roopa Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] switchdev: support stp updates on stacked netdevices Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 08:09:59 -0700 Message-ID: <5506F247.2020701@cumulusnetworks.com> References: <20150315191722.GE3518@nanopsycho.orion> <20150315.183312.401696632034773662.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: sfeldma@gmail.com, jiri@resnulli.us, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mail-pa0-f43.google.com ([209.85.220.43]:35085 "EHLO mail-pa0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933495AbbCPPKC (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:10:02 -0400 Received: by pabyw6 with SMTP id yw6so67454429pab.2 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2015 08:10:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150315.183312.401696632034773662.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 3/15/15, 3:33 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: Scott Feldman > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 13:03:06 -0700 > >> I'm proposing a simple, permissive solution, with a provision for an >> out on a case-by-case basis. Right now I don't see any reason to >> special case any middle driver; just let STP state propagate down to >> the port device. > +1 ok. That was the path i had taken initially (see for getlink/setlink): http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg313436.html I have resubmitted the patch with rollback to transparently following lowerdevs. My version also does not follow lowerdevs if NETIF_F_HW_SWITCH_OFFLOAD is not set. And this is set on bonds and teams if any one of their lowerdevs have it currently. thanks.