Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Dec 2018 11:55:54 +0100 | From | Andrew Lunn <> | Subject | Re: [RFC net-next 3/9] net: hns3: Add "port vlan table" information query function |
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> > > Adding debugfs files for basic switch concepts like MAC and VLAN tables > > > seems like a bit of a stretch to me. I wonder what others think. > > > > Agreed. > > > I was wondering how other vendors are solving this? One way I could > understand is to use "Switchdev" framework which in turn will expose > entries to the kernel using the switch driver. In our NIC we don't > have a proper switch and it cannot learn/age entries.
Your hardware is there to accelerate what linux can do in software. How do we manage the software version of this feature?
> Also, on-SoC NIC contains other tables which might not have any standard > user-space interface at all. What are your suggestions regarding that?
How are these tables map to software features the Linux stack implements?
Andrew
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