netdev - Re: [net-next] i40e: enable fdb add code, remove unused code

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Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:50:46 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
	jogreene@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next] i40e: enable fdb add code, remove unused code

Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 01:30:02AM CET, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com wrote:
>From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
>
>The original FDB code submission wasn't correct and the code
>wasn't enabled.  This removes some dead code (can use the common kernel
>code for fdb_del and fdb_dump) and correctly enables the fdb_add
>function pointer.
>
>The fdb_add functionality is important to i40e because it is needed
>for a workaround to allow bridges to work correctly on the i40e
>hardware.
>
>Reported-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
>Acked-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
>Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

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