netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] net: dsa: add MDB support

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Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:04:05 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] net: dsa: add MDB support

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:50:02AM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> This patchset adds the switchdev MDB object support to the DSA layer.
> 
> The MDB support for the mv88e6xxx driver is very similar to the FDB
> support. The FDB operations care about unicast addresses while the MDB
> operations care about multicast addresses.
> 
> Both operation set load/purge/dump the Address Translation Table (ATU),
> thus common code is used.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Thanks
    Andrew