netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] switchdev: don't support custom ip rules, for now

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Message-ID: <54F4755F.6020205@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date:	Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:36:15 -0800
From:	roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	sfeldma@...il.com
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] switchdev: don't support custom ip rules,
 for now

On 3/2/15, 2:06 AM, sfeldma@...il.com wrote:
> From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
>
> Keep switchdev FIB offload model simple for now and don't allow custom ip
> rules.
>
> Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>

I don't see a need to do this. And seems very aggressive.
Also, note that the rules in a system can be on non-hw accelerated ports.

Until rules are hw accelerated, its ok to document this limitation for 
hw accelerated routes in my opinion.

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