netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Preserve priority when setting CPU port.

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Date:   Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:36:01 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, vivien.didelot@...il.com, cphealy@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Preserve priority when
 setting CPU port.

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Sat,  4 Jan 2020 23:14:51 +0100

> The 6390 family uses an extended register to set the port connected to
> the CPU. The lower 5 bits indicate the port, the upper three bits are
> the priority of the frames as they pass through the switch, what
> egress queue they should use, etc. Since frames being set to the CPU
> are typically management frames, BPDU, IGMP, ARP, etc set the priority
> to 7, the reset default, and the highest.
> 
> Fixes: 33641994a676 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Monitor and Management tables")
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> 
> ---
> v2: Fix a couple of spelling errors.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Andrew.