netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/16] mlxsw: Introduce initial Spectrum-2 support

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 02:48:01 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     idosch@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/16] mlxsw: Introduce initial Spectrum-2
 support

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:14:29 +0300

> This patch set adds initial support for the Spectrum-2 ASIC. The first
> two patches add Spectrum-2 specific KVD linear (KVDL) manager. Unlike
> the Spectrum ASIC, there is no linear memory and instead the type of the
> entry (e.g., nexthop) and its index are hashed and the entry is placed
> in the computed address in the hash-based KVD memory.
> 
> The third patch adds Spectrum-2 stubs in the multicast routing code.
> Support for multicast routing will be added later on.
> 
> Patches 4-15 add ACL support. The Spectrum-2 ASIC includes an
> algorithmic TCAM (A-TCAM) and a regular circuit TCAM (C-TCAM) for rules
> that can't be inserted into the A-TCAM. This set does not make use of
> the A-TCAM and only places rules in the C-TCAM. This provides equivalent
> scale and performance to the Spectrum ASIC. A follow-up patch set will
> introduce A-TCAM support.
> 
> The last patch extends the main driver file to work with both ASICs.

Series applied, thanks.