netdev - Re: [patch net-next v3 17/17] rocker: add ndo_bridge_setlnk/getlink support for learning policy

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Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:55:34 -1000
From:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
To:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Cc:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 17/17] rocker: add ndo_bridge_setlnk/getlink
 support for learning policy

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com> wrote:
> On 11/25/14 05:28, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>
>> From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
>>
>> Rocker ports will use new "swdev" hwmode for bridge port offload policy.
>> Current supported policy settings are BR_LEARNING and BR_LEARNING_SYNC.
>> User can turn on/off device port FDB learning and syncing to bridge.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>
>
> as previous comments - please submit rocker separately

I disagree.  API changes need a reference implementation to show usage
and for testing.  If you have have an alternate switch implementation
that achieves the same goal, bring it forward.

> cheers,
> jamal
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