netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 rfc 8/8] net: dsa: Fix SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT

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Date:   Wed, 6 Sep 2017 17:08:25 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, jiri@...nulli.us,
        nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 rfc 8/8] net: dsa: Fix SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID

> > Use the MAC address of the master interface as the parent ID. This is
> > the same for all switches in a cluster, and should be unique if there
> > are multiple clusters.
> 
> That is not correct. Support for multiple CPU ports is coming and in
> this case, you can have two CPU host interfaces wired to two switch
> ports of the same tree. So two different master MAC addresses.

Yes, you are correct. I will change this.

     Andrew