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Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 08:52:27 -0800
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v4 00/21] introduce rocker switch driver with
hardware accelerated datapath api - phase 1: bridge fdb offload
On 11/28/14, 3:59 AM, Scott Feldman wrote:
> Thanks Jiri for coordinating this effort. It looks like we're close
> to convergence on this first patch set. I sifted thru review comments
> and compiled a list of items for follow-on work. I hope it's OK to
> use etherpad for this:
>
> https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/netdev-swdev-todo
>
> Feel free to edit as needed and claim an item if you intend to work on
> it. Don't turn the etherpad into a discussion board...try to keep it
> as list of work items. I don't think any of these items should hold
> up current patch set.
Thanks scott/jiri for putting this together. I made sure all my concerns
are covered on the ether-pad ;)
On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 2:40 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> This patchset is just the first phase of switch and switch-ish device
>> support api in kernel. Note that the api will extend.
>>
>> So what this patchset includes:
>> - introduce switchdev api skeleton for implementing switch drivers
>> - introduce rocker switch driver which implements switchdev api fdb and
>> bridge set/get link ndos
>>
>> As to the discussion if there is need to have specific class of device
>> representing the switch itself, so far we found no need to introduce that.
>> But we are generally ok with the idea and when the time comes and it will
>> be needed, it can be easily introduced without any disturbance.
>>
>> This patchset introduces switch id export through rtnetlink and sysfs,
>> which is similar to what we have for port id in SR-IOV. I will send iproute2
>> patchset for showing the switch id for port netdevs once this is applied.
>> This applies also for the PF_BRIDGE and fdb iproute2 patches.
>>
>> iproute2 patches are now available here:
>> https://github.com/jpirko/iproute2-rocker
>>
>> For detailed description and version history, please see individual patches.
>>
>> In v4 I reordered the patches leaving rocker patches on the end of the patchset.
>>
>> Jiri Pirko (10):
>> bridge: rename fdb_*_hw to fdb_*_hw_addr to avoid confusion
>> neigh: sort Neighbor Cache Entry Flags
>> bridge: convert flags in fbd entry into bitfields
>> net: make vid as a parameter for ndo_fdb_add/ndo_fdb_del
>> net: rename netdev_phys_port_id to more generic name
>> net: introduce generic switch devices support
>> rtnl: expose physical switch id for particular device
>> net-sysfs: expose physical switch id for particular device
>> rocker: introduce rocker switch driver
>> rocker: implement ndo_fdb_dump
>>
>> Scott Feldman (9):
>> bridge: call netdev_sw_port_stp_update when bridge port STP status
>> changes
>> bridge: add API to notify bridge driver of learned FBD on offloaded
>> device
>> bridge: move private brport flags to if_bridge.h so port drivers can
>> use flags
>> bridge: add new brport flag LEARNING_SYNC
>> bridge: add new hwmode swdev
>> bridge: add brport flags to dflt bridge_getlink
>> rocker: implement rocker ofdpa flow table manipulation
>> rocker: implement L2 bridge offloading
>> rocker: add ndo_bridge_setlink/getlink support for learning policy
>>
>> Thomas Graf (2):
>> rocker: Add proper validation of Netlink attributes
>> rocker: Use logical operators on booleans
>>
>> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net | 8 +
>> Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt | 59 +
>> MAINTAINERS | 14 +
>> drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig | 1 +
>> drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile | 1 +
>> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c | 2 +-
>> drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 3 +-
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 4 +-
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 6 +-
>> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 2 +-
>> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c | 11 +-
>> drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/Kconfig | 27 +
>> drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/Makefile | 5 +
>> drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c | 4374 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.h | 428 +++
>> drivers/net/macvlan.c | 4 +-
>> drivers/net/vxlan.c | 4 +-
>> include/linux/if_bridge.h | 31 +
>> include/linux/netdevice.h | 39 +-
>> include/linux/rtnetlink.h | 9 +-
>> include/net/switchdev.h | 37 +
>> include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h | 1 +
>> include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 2 +
>> include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h | 6 +-
>> net/Kconfig | 1 +
>> net/Makefile | 3 +
>> net/bridge/br_fdb.c | 144 +-
>> net/bridge/br_private.h | 21 +-
>> net/bridge/br_stp.c | 7 +
>> net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
>> net/core/net-sysfs.c | 26 +-
>> net/core/rtnetlink.c | 119 +-
>> net/switchdev/Kconfig | 13 +
>> net/switchdev/Makefile | 5 +
>> net/switchdev/switchdev.c | 52 +
>> 35 files changed, 5366 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
>> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/Kconfig
>> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/Makefile
>> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker.h
>> create mode 100644 include/net/switchdev.h
>> create mode 100644 net/switchdev/Kconfig
>> create mode 100644 net/switchdev/Makefile
>> create mode 100644 net/switchdev/switchdev.c
>>
>> --
>> 1.9.3
>>
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