netdev - Re: [PATCH NEXT 4/4] netxen: bridged mode optimizations

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Date:	Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:37:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dhananjay@...xen.com
Cc:	davem@...emloft.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	narender.kumar@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH NEXT 4/4] netxen: bridged mode optimizations

From: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay@...xen.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:23:28 -0700

> From: Narender Kumar <narender.kumar@...gic.com>
> 
> When the interface is put in bridged mode, destination mac
> addresses are unknown to firmware. So packets take a slow
> path (lower priority) in firmware reducing performance.
> 
> Firmware can cache limited number of remote unicast mac
> addresses for certain interval, if "dynamic mac learning"
> mode is enabled.
> 
> Driver needs to enable this "mac learning" mode in firmware.
> Currently this is done through net device class sysfs entry,
> possibly this can also be done upon netlink notifications to
> from bridge.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Narender Kumar <narender.kumar@...gic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay@...xen.com>

Applied.
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