From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B332CC433F5 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:14:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1347845AbiARSO1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:14:27 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:52840 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1347841AbiARSOY (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:14:24 -0500 Received: from mail-il1-x12a.google.com (mail-il1-x12a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::12a]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24161C061574 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:14:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-il1-x12a.google.com with SMTP id r15so1367816ilj.7 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:14:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject:content-language:to :cc:references:from:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=fWA2LtBSkb7OtA3OLZlu2a/9bVjouMvqp9LwVh5aZE0=; b=bs1C8bfnfHCgv4K232+bbq2k6LL5/cChyWs2DiuyKo0dyEjpc6yqp8pX2tDSGFKFji kZE+lsnJQ9ads0PDlg1mMlsnc+vrtzD9KryVnkyUIS7EnPN2ruxoGGYj62bXsfunq6W9 TKDeA6oIDRgDoHZPy8Fsg6Bma2N1e8fviewozVtR4F/BWRpVKCrTfsFdXKv7xWLzrEA/ FNi9+AC7aBpngIFWNA7cKSXgIUNuWJGzg9Ax74F8Us/0Rq4RTX8+6M2EU49LW3weCH5/ WocIK/bCwrg99KB4KnYOhSuWE6jovn4iflsiXlz4m5YAEdia9yFRJeMoNVGBYt5FQZ4o Ztpw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:cc:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=fWA2LtBSkb7OtA3OLZlu2a/9bVjouMvqp9LwVh5aZE0=; b=RVTD0PVe3bIOcSfGryyVONQkhL7xI9nGJHmbc6EoLKIitgE4oHHUesUwUKLyAssThO yn//rKOS8mSanLSejHUnjWN/aXxcMzWkMiYOp5vOGz/w7U29piOCZE57iyOA1xfjfnVc Pm82/u/0LH2F1G7eiSKC21JZjuQf0PKsMQzR8//SpzP8XOE70lBdR9u8/YQUPFuoeuWY Jc+r0mZtILK5zrlVTkYdt/yZNadklIVRicm1Lzz/cxOeT+bWtpiJlj60Iwzv9RpKn7sb BF0nVadqo5DUEr3iFWB7ehIX8UWmRBxxquCxODFNYUrYWrWc+0XjiEWjh0E9AMwE1uaB LZwQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532SA3l2bojOovMdMV2EZNBmHItFbsRFViovspFR+/ZWEIMq8xdh pfryP0c/M9pQqGS6lQIgiab71Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxxJYXTv0gffQIIH21VkyrbZka0D2cY72L0ntzD0F0v7zZ5KIHWlWW8iPfRy2PdK0LhxSfWCQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6e02:180e:: with SMTP id a14mr13947041ilv.300.1642529663495; Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:14:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.22.22.4] (c-73-185-129-58.hsd1.mn.comcast.net. [73.185.129.58]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id i20sm12699549iov.43.2022.01.18.10.14.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:14:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9175f51f-2db4-84fd-01ba-0047ce8ebdcc@linaro.org> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:14:22 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.1 Subject: Re: Port mirroring, v2 (RFC) Content-Language: en-US To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: Andrew Lunn , Network Development , "bjorn.andersson@linaro.org" , Florian Fainelli References: <384e168b-8266-cb9b-196b-347a513c0d36@linaro.org> <9da2f1f6-fc7c-e131-400d-97ac3b8cdadc@linaro.org> <6d25d602-399e-0a25-1410-0e958237db11@linaro.org> <20220118100751.542e0ad0@kicinski-fedora-PC1C0HJN.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> From: Alex Elder In-Reply-To: <20220118100751.542e0ad0@kicinski-fedora-PC1C0HJN.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On 1/18/22 12:07 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:12:41 -0600 Alex Elder wrote: >>> I think i need to take a step back here. With my background, an AP is >>> an 802.11 Access Point. >> >> Again, terminology problems! Sorry about that. >> >> Yes, when I say "AP" I mean "Application Processor". Some people >> might call it "APSS" for "Application Processor Subsystem." > > And AP is where Linux runs, correct? Because there are also APs on NICs > (see ETH_RESET_AP) which are not the host... Correct. It is the term I have used consistently in the IPA code, to refer to "the processor (complex) running Linux, which (basically) owns the IPA device." -Alex