netdev - Re: [patch net-next RFC 0/4] introduce infrastructure for support of switch chip datapath

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Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:20:17 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Cc:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>, Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, andy@...yhouse.net,
	dborkman@...hat.com, ogerlitz@...lanox.com, jesse@...ira.com,
	pshelar@...ira.com, azhou@...ira.com,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, vyasevic <vyasevic@...hat.com>,
	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 0/4] introduce infrastructure for support of
 switch chip datapath

Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:06:08PM CET, jhs@...atatu.com wrote:
>On 03/26/14 07:00, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
>>On 03/26/14 03:21, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Creating bonding of the switch ports does not fit into the picture at
>>>all.
>
>Sorry wanted to respond to the bonding part but my fingers kept typing;->
>
>If it cant do bonding and the chip is capable of LAGging, it is simply
>the wrong approach. I dont think what has been described so far will
>have a problem doing bonding.

I think that bonding (bonding driver or any of bonding driver interface)
should have nothing to do with the switch chip capability of link aggregation.


>
>
>
>cheers,
>jamal
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