netdev - Re: [patch net-next] mlxsw: spectrum_switchdev: Allow port enslavement to a VLAN-unaware bridge

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Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:58:39 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...il.com
Cc:     jiri@...nulli.us, netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] mlxsw: spectrum_switchdev: Allow port
 enslavement to a VLAN-unaware bridge

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:16:35 -0700

> On 2/20/18 12:45 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
>> 
>> Up until now we only allowed VLAN devices to be put in a VLAN-unaware
>> bridge, but some users need the ability to enslave physical ports as
>> well.
>> 
>> This is achieved by mapping the port and VID 1 to the bridge's vFID,
>> instead of the port and the VID used by the VLAN device.
>> 
>> The above is valid because as long as the port is not enslaved to a
>> bridge, VID 1 is guaranteed to be configured as PVID and egress
>> untagged.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c | 12 +++++-------
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>> 
> 
> Maybe I am missing something in the setup, but I am not getting
> host-to-host connectivity. I booted a switch with this patch, configured
> a bridge:

I'm waiting for this discussion to be fully resolved before applying this
patch.  Just FYI...