From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ido Schimmel Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 3/6] mlxsw: spectrum_router: Use FIB notifications instead of switchdev calls Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:11:03 +0300 Message-ID: <20160926111103.GA11100@splinter> References: <1474887154-6286-1-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us> <1474887154-6286-4-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, idosch@mellanox.com, eladr@mellanox.com, yotamg@mellanox.com, nogahf@mellanox.com, ogerlitz@mellanox.com, roopa@cumulusnetworks.com, nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com, linville@tuxdriver.com, andy@greyhouse.net, f.fainelli@gmail.com, dsa@cumulusnetworks.com, jhs@mojatatu.com, vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com, andrew@lunn.ch, ivecera@redhat.com, kaber@trash.net, john@phrozen.org To: Jiri Pirko Return-path: Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:50537 "EHLO out2-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965050AbcIZLLG (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2016 07:11:06 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1474887154-6286-4-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 12:52:31PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: > From: Jiri Pirko > > Until now, in order to offload a FIB entry to HW we use switchdev op. > However that has limits. Mainly in case we need to make the HW aware of > all route prefixes configured in kernel. HW needs to know those in order > to properly trap appropriate packets and pass the to kernel to do > the forwarding. Abort mechanism is now handled within the mlxsw driver. > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Thanks