Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Apr 2016 19:07:29 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net 0/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix hardware cross-chip bridging | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:42:06 -0400
> In order to accelerate cross-chip switching of frames with the hardware, > the DSA Tag ports, used to interconnect switch devices, must learn SA > and DA addresses, and share the same FDB with the user ports. > > The two first patches restore address learning on DSA links. This fixes > hardware cross-chip bridging in a VLAN filtering enabled system, which > implements a bridge group as a 802.1Q VLAN and thus share an isolated > address database between DSA and user ports. > > The third patch changes the distinct default databases used for each > port, to the same address database. This fixes the hardware cross-chip > bridging in a VLAN filtering disabled system, where a bridge group gets > implemented only as a port-based VLAN.
Series applied, thanks.
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