netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] switchdev: don't abort hardware ipv4 fib offload on failure to program fib entry in hardware

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Date:	Sun, 03 May 2015 21:39:12 -0700
From:	roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	"Rosen, Rami" <rami.rosen@...el.com>
CC:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"sfeldma@...il.com" <sfeldma@...il.com>,
	"john.fastabend@...il.com" <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	"jiri@...nulli.us" <jiri@...nulli.us>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] switchdev: don't abort hardware ipv4 fib
 offload on failure to program fib entry in hardware

On 5/3/15, 2:28 AM, Rosen, Rami wrote:
> Hi,
> Removing the netdev_switch_fib_ipv4_abort() when there is an error in programming fib entry in hardware seems reasonable to me. I Just want to note that this is not only a matter of CPU strength; even if the switches' CPUs were powerful enough to do routing in software, still doing so seems not a good option, as routing is implemented in different ways by different switch vendors.
>
>
agree,

thanks.
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