netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix hardware cross-chip bridging

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Date:	Sat, 16 Apr 2016 19:07:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...oirfairelinux.com, f.fainelli@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix hardware cross-chip
 bridging

From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:42:06 -0400

> In order to accelerate cross-chip switching of frames with the hardware,
> the DSA Tag ports, used to interconnect switch devices, must learn SA
> and DA addresses, and share the same FDB with the user ports.
> 
> The two first patches restore address learning on DSA links. This fixes
> hardware cross-chip bridging in a VLAN filtering enabled system, which
> implements a bridge group as a 802.1Q VLAN and thus share an isolated
> address database between DSA and user ports.
> 
> The third patch changes the distinct default databases used for each
> port, to the same address database. This fixes the hardware cross-chip
> bridging in a VLAN filtering disabled system, where a bridge group gets
> implemented only as a port-based VLAN.

Series applied, thanks.