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

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Message-ID: <5332D4D0.90805@mojatatu.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:23:28 -0400
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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

On 03/26/14 09:20, Jiri Pirko wrote:

> 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.

I am probably missing something: that may work - but not well at the
asic level. I can see it would work on packets to/from cpu because
we can use software techniques.
But how would it work at the ASIC level without ability to lag
the ports?

cheers,
jamal
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