netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] switchdev: don't abort hardware ipv4 fib offload on failure to program fib entry in hardware

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Message-Id: <20150519.123418.481170679256206928.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 19 May 2015 12:34:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	roopa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:	john.r.fastabend@...el.com, sfeldma@...il.com,
	john.fastabend@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] switchdev: don't abort hardware ipv4 fib
 offload on failure to program fib entry in hardware

From: roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 22:58:54 -0700

> from where I see, with the limitations on these boxes, this requires
> every app, every `ip route` cmd running on the box to explicitly
> specify offload when running on this hardware.

Users know what they are doing, and will ask for a policy change.

The default should be what happens right now.
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