netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: implement HW bridging operations

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Message-ID: <20150220010352.GA300@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:03:52 -0800
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com,
	jerome.oufella@...oirfairelinux.com, andrew@...n.ch,
	cphealy@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: implement HW bridging
 operations

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 04:51:30PM -0800, roopa wrote:
> >
> >Not sure yet what to do about setting the fdb aging time. I don't see a
> >mechanism to do that. No idea how important that is.
> rocker, the only consumer today relies on the bridge driver aging of learnt
> entries.
> You could do the same.
> 

Remember that we are dealing with hardware switch chips. Those chips
won't time out fdb entries just because the kernel's bridge driver
thinks that it should.

Am I missing something ?

Guenter
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