netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: fix mv88e6xxx switches

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Message-ID: <87y4bfjz22.fsf@ketchup.mtl.sfl>
Date:	Sun, 24 Jan 2016 01:01:41 -0500
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: fix mv88e6xxx switches

Hi Russell,

Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk> writes:

> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 11:23:26PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 11:12:32PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> > Hi Russell
>> > 
>> > Never called.
>> > 
>> > So i guess we have a kernel configuration difference.
>> > 
>> > I don't have CONFIG_BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING.
>> 
>> Yep, confirmed. When i enable this option, and VLAN_8021Q which it
>> depends on, i then have a working bridge.
>
> It sounds like Vivien urgently needs to do some extra work to fix
> the patches that created all this broken-ness, or we need to ask
> davem to revert back to a known good working state.

Indeed hardware bridging currently relies on 802.1Q and VLAN filtering
enabled. I will work on this asap.

Thanks,
-v