netdev - Re: [patch net-next] mlxsw: spectrum_switchdev: Allow port enslavement to a VLAN-unaware bridge

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Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:48:08 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, jiri@...nulli.us,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] mlxsw: spectrum_switchdev: Allow port
 enslavement to a VLAN-unaware bridge

On 2/22/18 1:55 PM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:27:35PM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
>> Ido:
>>
>> IPv4 works at boot; IPv6 requires the mcast snooping disable. For this
>> vlan-unaware bridges can that be set automatically?
> 
> Can you please try the following patch?
> 
...
> 
> It should fix your problem.

it does.

> 
> The real problem that I can then address in net-next is the fact that
> the Linux bridge tries to be smart and only resorts to flooding
> unregistered multicast packets in case its querier is disabled and in
> case it didn't detect any other querier in the network. This isn't
> currently reflected to underlying drivers. Only mcast snooping on/off.
> 
> Anyway, it's not related to the patch in question. You'd get the same
> behavior with VLAN-aware bridges.
> 
>> And then, what are the options for lldp?
> 
> Didn't understand the question. Can you clarify?
> 

nm. mental lapse.