linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/9] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: remap existing bridge members

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Message-ID: <20170330140736.GG17879@lunn.ch>
Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:07:36 +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 7/9] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: remap existing bridge
 members

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 04:30:18PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> When a local port of a switch chip becomes a member of a bridge group,
> we need to reprogram the Cross-chip Port Based VLAN Table (PVT) to allow
> existing cross-chip bridge members to egress frames on the new ports.
> 
> There is no functional changes yet, since the PVT is still programmed
> with all ones, allowing any external port to egress frames locally.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>

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

    Andrew