netdev - Re: [patch net-next 0/5] mlxsw: Introduce support for offload forward mark

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Message-Id: <20160826.131405.2118666831071325872.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:14:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com,
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next 0/5] mlxsw: Introduce support for offload
 forward mark

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:42:35 +0200

> Ido says:
> This patchset enables the forwarding of certain control packets by the
> device instead of relying on the CPU to do the forwarding.
> 
> The first two patches simplify the current switchdev offload forward
> infrastructure and make it usable for stacked devices. This is done by
> moving the packet and port marking to the bridge driver instead of the
> switch driver.
> 
> Patches 3-5 add the mlxsw specific bits to support the forward mark.

Series applied, thanks.