netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] net: Support Wake-on-LAN using filters

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Date:   Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:15:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, linville@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] net: Support Wake-on-LAN using filters

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Tue,  7 Aug 2018 10:50:19 -0700

> This is technically a v2, but this patch series builds on your feedback
> and defines the following:
> 
> - a new WAKE_* bit: WAKE_FILTER which can be enabled alongside other type
>   of Wake-on-LAN to support waking up on a programmed filter (match + action)
> - a new RX_CLS_FLOW_WAKE flow action which can be specified by an user when
>   inserting a flow using ethtool::rxnfc, similar to the existing RX_CLS_FLOW_DISC
> 
> The bcm_sf2 and bcmsysport drivers are updated accordingly to work in concert to
> allow matching packets at the switch level, identified by their filter location
> to be used as a match by the SYSTEM PORT (CPU/management controller) during
> Wake-on-LAN.
> 
> Let me know if this looks better than the previous incarnation of the patch
> series.

This looks a lot better.

Series applied to net-next, thanks Florian.