netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] switchdev: don't abort hardware ipv4 fib offload on failure to program fib entry in hardware

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Date:	Tue, 19 May 2015 19:01:22 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, john.r.fastabend@...el.com,
	sfeldma@...il.com, john.fastabend@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] switchdev: don't abort hardware ipv4 fib offload
 on failure to program fib entry in hardware

Tue, May 19, 2015 at 06:34:18PM CEST, davem@...emloft.net wrote:
>From: roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 22:58:54 -0700
>
>> from where I see, with the limitations on these boxes, this requires
>> every app, every `ip route` cmd running on the box to explicitly
>> specify offload when running on this hardware.
>
>Users know what they are doing, and will ask for a policy change.
>
>The default should be what happens right now.

I agree.

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