linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 08/12] net: dsa: sja1105: Add support for configuring address aging time

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Message-ID: <20190429222114.GS12333@lunn.ch>
Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:21:14 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 08/12] net: dsa: sja1105: Add support for
 configuring address aging time

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 03:17:02AM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> If STP is active, this setting is applied on bridged ports each time an
> Ethernet link is established (topology changes).
> 
> Since the setting is global to the switch and a reset is required to
> change it, resets are prevented if the new callback does not change the
> value that the hardware already is programmed for.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>

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

    Andrew