netdev - Re: [PATCH] mv88e6060 station roaming

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Date:   Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:44:28 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Alacn <alacn1@...il.com>
Cc:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mv88e6060 station roaming

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 09:31:02PM -0200, Alacn wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I'm sending a patch for Marvell 88e6060 driver.
> 
> Problem description:
> Multiple APs with inter-AP roaming connected to different ports,
> when station moves from one AP on one port to another AP on another port,
> traffic flow breaks down because the learning table is not updated.
> 
> 
> When Marvell's mac learning is enabled it drops all frames that
> arrive from a MAC address that is on a different port at learning table.
> It doesn't update learning table and breaks station roaming.
> 
> 
> This patch disable Marvell 88E6060 hardware level mac learning and let it
> be handled by the kernel.

Hi Anderson.

Please take a look at
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.19/process/submitting-patches.html

In particular the text about Signed-off-by:.

Also, the complete contents above going into the commit message, so
please make the text formal. No hello, etc.

   Andrew