netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 2/2] macsec: add support for changing the offloading mode

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Message-ID: <f1acfe75-43c7-38ca-7b93-16862b40f49e@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Jan 2020 09:44:09 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>, dsahern@...il.com,
        sd@...asysnail.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 2/2] macsec: add support for changing the
 offloading mode

On 1/20/20 1:18 PM, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> MacSEC can now be offloaded to specialized hardware devices. Offloading
> is off by default when creating a new MACsec interface, but the mode can
> be updated at runtime. This patch adds a new subcommand,
> `ip macsec offload`, to allow users to select the offloading mode of a
> MACsec interface. It takes the mode to switch to as an argument, which
> can for now either be 'off' or 'phy':
> 
>   # ip macsec offload macsec0 phy
>   # ip macsec offload macsec0 off

seems like this should fall under 'ip macsec set ...'

Sabrina: thoughts?