netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] net: generic fdb support for drivers without ndo_fdb

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Message-ID: <513129C2.6080004@intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:20:50 -0800
From:	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
To:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] net: generic fdb support for drivers
 without ndo_fdb_<op>

On 3/1/2013 7:31 AM, Vlad Yasevich wrote:
> If the driver does not support the ndo_op use the generic
> handler for it. This should work in the majority of cases.
> Eventually the fdb_dflt_add call gets translated into a
> __dev_set_rx_mode() call which should handle hardware
> support for filtering via the IFF_UNICAST_FLT flag.
>
> Namely IFF_UNICAST_FLT indicates if the hardware can do
> unicast address filtering. If no support is available
> the device is put into promisc mode.
>
> CC: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/rtnetlink.h |    9 +++++
>   net/core/rtnetlink.c      |   81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>   2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>

Feel free to carry the line forward when you submit these after net-next 
opens.
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