netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] bridge: mrp: Add support for MRA role

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Date:   Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:56:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com
Cc:     nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, ivecera@...hat.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] bridge: mrp: Add support for MRA role

From: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 18:09:45 +0000

> This patch series extends the MRP with the MRA role.
> A node that has the MRA role can behave as a MRM or as a MRC. In case there are
> multiple nodes in the topology that has the MRA role then only one node can
> behave as MRM and all the others need to be have as MRC. The node that has the
> higher priority(lower value) will behave as MRM.
> A node that has the MRA role and behaves as MRC, it just needs to forward the
> MRP_Test frames between the ring ports but also it needs to detect in case it
> stops receiving MRP_Test frames. In that case it would try to behave as MRM.
> 
> v2:
>  - add new patch that fixes sparse warnings
>  - fix parsing of prio attribute

Series applied, thank you.