netdev - Re: [patch net-next 00/22] mlxsw: Preparations for IPv6 UC router

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 11:59:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com, arkadis@...lanox.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 00/22] mlxsw: Preparations for IPv6 UC router

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:10:08 +0200

> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> 
> Ido says:
> 
> The purpose of this set is to prepare the driver for the introduction of
> IPv6 FIB offload. It's mainly composed of small and non-functional
> changes, that either add the IPv6 equivalent of existing IPv4 code or
> aimed at making the introduction of IPv6-specific code easier.
> 
> The first five patches enable IPv6 forwarding in the device and allow us
> to configure router interfaces (RIFs) based on inet6addr notifications.
> 
> The next six patches add support for programming IPv6 neighbours into
> the device's table as well as dumping their activity and updating the
> kernel accordingly.
> 
> The last 11 patches extend current infrastructure to allow us to program
> IPv6 routes, set catch-all IPv6 trap in case of abort and make the code
> more receptive towards up-coming changes.

A lot of small, easy to understand, changes.  I like.

Series applied, thanks.