netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] mlxsw: Disable checks in hardware pipeline

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Date:   Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:38:50 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
To:     idosch@...sch.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...lanox.com, amitc@...lanox.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] mlxsw: Disable checks in hardware pipeline

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Date: Sun,  5 Jan 2020 18:20:49 +0200

> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> 
> Amit says:
> 
> The hardware pipeline contains some checks that, by default, are
> configured to drop packets. Since the software data path does not drop
> packets due to these reasons and since we are interested in offloading
> the software data path to hardware, then these checks should be disabled
> in the hardware pipeline as well.
> 
> This patch set changes mlxsw to disable four of these checks and adds
> corresponding selftests. The tests pass both when the software data path
> is exercised (using veth pair) and when the hardware data path is
> exercised (using mlxsw ports in loopback).

Series applied, thanks.