netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] net: dsa: add support for the SMSC-LAN9303 tagging format

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Message-ID: <20170412144521.GB7023@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:45:21 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Juergen Borleis <jbe@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] net: dsa: add support for the SMSC-LAN9303
 tagging format

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 04:02:15PM +0200, Juergen Borleis wrote:
> To define the outgoing port and to discover the incoming port a regular
> VLAN tag is used by the LAN9303. But its VID meaning is 'special'.
> 
> This tag handler/filter depends on some hardware features which must be
> enabled in the device to provide and make use of this special VLAN tag
> to control the destination and the source of an ethernet packet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Borleis <jbe@...gutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew