netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] devlink: Support DEVLINK_ESWITCH_MODE_SWITCHDEV

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Message-ID: <aRUOMli4cW7XlLFY@x130>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:46:10 -0800
From: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: stephen@...workplumber.org, dsahern@...il.com,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] devlink: Support
 DEVLINK_ESWITCH_MODE_SWITCHDEV_INACTIVE

On 06 Nov 16:14, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
>From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
>
>Add support for the new inactive switchdev mode [1].
>
>A user can start the eswitch in switchdev or switchdev_inactive mode.
>
>Active: Traffic is enabled on this eswitch FDB.
>Inactive: Traffic is ignored/dropped on this eswitch FDB.
>
>An example use case:
>$ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:08:00.1 mode switchdev_inactive
>Setup FDB pipeline and netdev representors
>...
>Once ready to start receiving traffic
>$ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:08:00.1 mode switchdev
>
>[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251107000831.157375-1-saeed@kernel.org/
>

Hi, this was supposed to be marked for -next, do you want me to repost ?

The kernel part was applied to net-next:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/176286361051.3417146.8495442358677824245.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org/