netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mlxsw: spectrum: Check requested ageing time is valid

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Date:	Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:31:01 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mlxsw: spectrum: Check requested ageing time is valid

Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 09:59:33PM CET, stephen@...workplumber.org wrote:
>From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
>
>Commit c62987bbd8a1 ("bridge: push bridge setting ageing_time down to
>switchdev") added a check for minimum and maximum ageing time, but this
>breaks existing behaviour where one can set ageing time to 0 for a
>non-learning bridge.
>
>Push this check down to the driver and allow the check in the bridge
>layer to be removed. Currently ageing time 0 is refused by the driver,
>but we can later add support for this functionality.
>
>Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>