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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next 7/9] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: restore VLANTable map control
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Hi Andrew,

On 02/26/2016 04:35 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:12:28PM +0000, Kevin Smith wrote:
>> Hi Vivien, Andrew,
>>
>> On 02/26/2016 03:37 PM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
>>> Here, 5 is the CPU port and 6 is a DSA port.
>>>
>>> After joining ports 0, 1, 2 in the same bridge, we end up with:
>>>
>>> Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
>>> 0 - * * - - * *
>>> 1 * - * - - * *
>>> 2 * * - - - * *
>>> 3 - - - - - * *
>>> 4 - - - - - * *
>>> 5 * * * * * - *
>>> 6 * * * * * * -
>> The case I am concerned about is if the switch connected over DSA in
>> this example has a WAN port on it, which can legitimately route to the
>> CPU on port 5 but should not route to the LAN ports 0, 1, and 2. Does
>> this VLAN allow direct communication between the WAN and LAN? Or is
>> this prevented by DSA or some other mechanism?
> A typical WIFI access point with a connection to a cable modem.
>
> So in linux you have interfaces like
>
> lan0, lan1, lan2, lan3, wan0
>
> DSA provides you these interface. And by default they are all
> separated. There is no path between them. You can consider them as
> being separate physical ethernet cards, just like all other interfaces
> in linux.
>
> What you would typically do is:
>
> brctl addbr br0
> brctl addif br0 lan0
> brctl addif br0 lan1
> brctl addif br0 lan2
> brctl addif br0 lan3
>
> to create a bridge between the lan ports. The linux kernel will then
> push this bridge configuration down into the hardware, so the switch
> can forward frames between these ports.
>
> The wan port is not part of the bridge, so there is no L2 path to the
> WAN port. You need to do IP routing on the CPU.
>
> Linux takes the stance that switch ports interfaces should act just
> like any other linux interface and you configure them in the normal
> linux way.
>
> Andrew

Thanks for the explanation. I am a bit befuddled by the combination of
all the possible configurations of the switch and how they interact with
Linux. :) I think I understand what is happening now.

Kevin

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