netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 00/13] Update DSA's FDB API and perform switchdev cleanup

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Date:   Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:49:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arkadis@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us, ivecera@...hat.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 00/13] Update DSA's FDB API and perform
 switchdev cleanup

From: Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@...lanox.com>
Date: Sun,  6 Aug 2017 16:15:38 +0300

> The patchset adds support for configuring static FDB entries via the
> switchdev notification chain. The current method for FDB configuration
> uses the switchdev's bridge bypass implementation. In order to support 
> this legacy way and to perform the switchdev cleanup, the implementation
> is moved inside DSA.
> 
> The DSA drivers cannot sync the software bridge with hardware learned
> entries and use the switchdev's implementation of bypass FDB dumping.
> Because they are the only ones using this functionality, the fdb_dump
> implementation is moved from switchdev code into DSA.
> 
> Finally after this changes a major cleanup in switchdev can be done.
> ---
> Please see individual patches for patch specific change logs.
> v1->v2
> - Split MDB/vlan dump removal into core/driver removal.
> 
> v2->v3
> - The self implementation for FDB add/del is moved inside DSA.

Series applied, thank you.