netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v2] switchdev: bridge: drop hardware forwarded packets

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Date:	Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:33:27 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
CC:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, sfeldma@...il.com,
	jiri@...nulli.us, ronen.arad@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v2] switchdev: bridge: drop hardware forwarded
 packets

On 03/22/2015 08:18 PM, John Fastabend wrote:
[ ... ]
>
> Sorry I probably wasn't being clear. I'm just saying we don't need to
> have the driver tell us if the packet has been forwarded. All we have
> to do in software is the switch check and assume all packets sent to us
> from the driver have already been handled by the hardware. Roopa is
> working on this I believe.
>

Ah, ok. Yes, you are correct. Sorry, I missed that.

Thanks,
Guenter

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