netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] net: marvell: prestera: Add router interface ABI

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Date:   Fri, 7 Jan 2022 04:15:45 +0200
From:   Yevhen Orlov <yevhen.orlov@...ision.eu>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        Volodymyr Mytnyk <volodymyr.mytnyk@...ision.eu>,
        Taras Chornyi <taras.chornyi@...ision.eu>,
        Mickey Rachamim <mickeyr@...vell.com>,
        Serhiy Pshyk <serhiy.pshyk@...ision.eu>,
        Taras Chornyi <tchornyi@...vell.com>,
        Oleksandr Mazur <oleksandr.mazur@...ision.eu>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] net: marvell: prestera: Add router
 interface ABI

On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 03:44:50PM +0200, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 11:52:27PM +0200, Yevhen Orlov wrote:
> > Add functions to enable routing on port, which is not in vlan.
> > Also we can enable routing on vlan.
>
> I don't understand these two lines. Can you explain for which netdev
> types you can create a router interface?
>

Sure.
For now we support only regular port (has no upper or lower dev).

But ABI potentially support RIF on bridge/vlan (see prestera_if_type).
This feature will be implemented soon.