netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 3/4] fbnic: Add logic to repopulate RPC TCAM if BMC enables channel

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Message-ID: <20250828102636.GX10519@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:26:36 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, kernel-team@...a.com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch, pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 3/4] fbnic: Add logic to repopulate RPC TCAM if
 BMC enables channel

On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 12:45:01PM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> From: Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@...com>
> 
> The BMC itself can decide to abandon a link and move onto another link in
> the event of things such as a link flap. As a result the driver may load
> with the BMC not present, and then needs to update things to support the
> BMC being present while the link is up and the NIC is passing traffic.
> 
> To support this we add support to the watchdog to reinitialize the RPC to
> support adding the BMC unicast, multicast, and multicast promiscuous
> filters while the link is up and the NIC owns the link.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@...com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>