netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Add NETIF_F_HW_BR

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Date:   Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:13:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, allan.nielsen@...rochip.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Add NETIF_F_HW_BR_CAP feature

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:38:11 +0200

> I'm still not convinced this is needed. The model is, the hardware is
> there to accelerate what Linux can do in software. Any peculiarities
> of the accelerator should be hidden in the driver.  If the accelerator
> can do its job without needing promisc mode, do that in the driver.

I completely agree.