netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/7] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Add support for IPv6 CFP rules

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Message-Id: <20171023.031151.1099742173523833308.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2017 03:11:51 +0100 (WEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/7] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Add support for
 IPv6 CFP rules

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:39:42 -0700

> This patch series adds support for matching IPv6 addresses to the existing CFP
> support code. Because IPv6 addresses are four times bigger than IPv4, we can
> fit them anymore in a single slice, so we need to chain two in order to have
> a complete match. This makes us require a second bitmap tracking unique rules
> so we don't over populate the TCAM.
> 
> Finally, because the code had to be re-organized, it became a lot easier to
> support arbitrary prefix/mask lengths, so the last two patches do just that.

Series applied, thanks Florian.