linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 06/10] net: renesas: rswitch: add MAC address filtering

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Message-ID: <8144664b-1c84-4e1a-8758-f4fd2eb9c9ff@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 02:18:21 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Michael Dege <michael.dege@...esas.com>
Cc: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@...natech.se>,
	Paul Barker <paul@...rker.dev>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com>,
	Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/10] net: renesas: rswitch: add MAC address
 filtering

On Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 01:55:30PM +0100, Michael Dege wrote:
> Enable MAC address filtering in Rswitch HW.

Please try to answer the question "Why?" in the commit message, not
"What?". Why would i want MAC address filtering? Why is it being
enabled now, when it was not enabled before?


    Andrew

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