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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AD5EC10F11 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:43:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2FA214D8 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:43:30 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="L2oT6bLV" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727244AbfDMPn2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Apr 2019 11:43:28 -0400 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([185.16.172.187]:60263 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727048AbfDMPn2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Apr 2019 11:43:28 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=NDBktHRE6JmtUHzkUUBQFbGpZ1d1+BpvzdbrZhNFt5w=; b=L2oT6bLVMQFNvY2y1iyfFuruaj jUBimCvJdis8bz//ugCfC2t6bcMI9V6LsGLbsXCNx8ADDN8B6xk6P73HReBxNisZd+99bGUzYaOL2 hr3zkAvdT3Vqf4wpr2uJtOIBrCjUHghmsCgGKTVtmo2bKpglsHMLpw9vM1oSO9WjY/n0=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hFKnl-0004yx-SN; Sat, 13 Apr 2019 17:42:45 +0200 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 17:42:45 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn To: Vladimir Oltean Cc: f.fainelli@gmail.com, vivien.didelot@gmail.com, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, georg.waibel@sensor-technik.de Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 14/24] net: dsa: Introduce driver for NXP SJA1105 5-port L2 switch Message-ID: <20190413154245.GF17901@lunn.ch> References: <20190413012822.30931-1-olteanv@gmail.com> <20190413012822.30931-15-olteanv@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190413012822.30931-15-olteanv@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 04:28:12AM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > At this moment the following is supported: > * Link state management through phylib > * Autonomous L2 forwarding managed through iproute2 bridge commands. The > switch ports are initialized in a mode where they can only talk to the > CPU port. However, IP termination must be done currently through the > master netdevice. Please could you explain that last sentence in more detail. Normally the master device is just a dumb pipe. Nothing, except tcpdump, uses it. Thanks Andrew