netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 00/16] bridge: Add MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) support with offload

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Message-ID: <274f1bb19fbf00ee053b042abca0107d@kapio-technology.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:09:07 +0200
From:   netdev@...io-technology.com
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
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        vladimir.oltean@....com, mlxsw@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 00/16] bridge: Add MAC Authentication Bypass
 (MAB) support with offload

On 2022-10-25 12:00, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> 
> Future work
> ===========
> 
> The hostapd fork by Westermo is using dynamic FDB entries to authorize
> hosts [3]. Changes are required in switchdev to allow such entries to 
> be
> offloaded. Hans already indicated he is working on that [4]. It should
> not necessitate any uAPI changes so I do not view it as a blocker 
> (Hans,
> please confirm).

The dynamic ATU patchset will do changes in the switchdev and DSA layers
and in the driver of course, so I suppose that confirms what you think
(e.g. no changes in include/uapi), but it requires the fdb_flags towards
drivers patches of course and MAB driver changes, that are part of my
v8 patchset.