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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@microchip.com>
Cc: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>,
	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@gmail.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>,
	anirudh.venkataramanan@intel.com, David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>,
	Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next Patch 0/3] net: bridge: mrp: Add support for Media Redundancy Protocol(MRP)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:56:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200110175608.GK19739@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200110172536.42rdfwdc6eiwsw7m@soft-dev3.microsemi.net>

> > Horatiu, could you also give some references to the frames that need
> > to be sent. I've no idea what information they need to contain, if the
> > contents is dynamic, or static, etc.
> It is dynamic - but trivial...

If it is trivial, i don't see why you are so worried about abstracting
it?

> Here is a dump from WireShark with
> annotation on what our HW can update:
> 
> Ethernet II, Src: 7a:8b:b1:35:96:e1 (7a:8b:b1:35:96:e1), Dst: Iec_00:00:01 (01:15:4e:00:00:01)
>     Destination: Iec_00:00:01 (01:15:4e:00:00:01)
>     Source: 7a:8b:b1:35:96:e1 (7a:8b:b1:35:96:e1)
>     Type: MRP (0x88e3)
> PROFINET MRP MRP_Test, MRP_Common, MRP_End
>     MRP_Version: 1
>     MRP_TLVHeader.Type: MRP_Test (0x02)
>         MRP_TLVHeader.Type: MRP_Test (0x02)
>         MRP_TLVHeader.Length: 18
>         MRP_Prio: 0x1f40 High priorities
>         MRP_SA: 7a:8b:b1:35:96:e1 (7a:8b:b1:35:96:e1)
>         MRP_PortRole: Primary ring port (0x0000)
>         MRP_RingState: Ring closed (0x0001)
>         MRP_Transition: 0x0001
>         MRP_TimeStamp [ms]: 0x000cf574             <---------- Updated automatic
>     MRP_TLVHeader.Type: MRP_Common (0x01)
>         MRP_TLVHeader.Type: MRP_Common (0x01)
>         MRP_TLVHeader.Length: 18
>         MRP_SequenceID: 0x00e9                     <---------- Updated automatic
>         MRP_DomainUUID: ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff
>     MRP_TLVHeader.Type: MRP_End (0x00)
>         MRP_TLVHeader.Type: MRP_End (0x00)
>         MRP_TLVHeader.Length: 0
> 
> But all the fields can change, but to change the other fields we need to
> interact with the HW. Other SoC may have other capabilities in their
> offload. As an example, if the ring becomes open then the fields
> MRP_RingState and MRP_Transition need to change and in our case this
> requires SW interference.

Isn't SW always required? You need to tell your state machine that the
state has changed.

> Would you like a PCAP file as an example? Or do you want a better
> description of the frame format.

I was hoping for a link to an RFC, or some standards document.

  Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-10 17:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-09 15:06 [RFC net-next Patch 0/3] net: bridge: mrp: Add support for Media Redundancy Protocol(MRP) Horatiu Vultur
2020-01-09 15:06 ` [RFC net-next Patch 1/3] net: bridge: mrp: Add support for Media Redundancy Protocol Horatiu Vultur
2020-01-09 15:06 ` [RFC net-next Patch 2/3] net: bridge: mrp: Integrate MRP into the bridge Horatiu Vultur
2020-01-09 15:06 ` [RFC net-next Patch 3/3] net: bridge: mrp: Add netlink support to configure MRP Horatiu Vultur
2020-01-09 16:19 ` [RFC net-next Patch 0/3] net: bridge: mrp: Add support for Media Redundancy Protocol(MRP) Stephen Hemminger
2020-01-09 17:41   ` [Bridge] " Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2020-01-10  9:02   ` Horatiu Vultur
2020-01-10 15:36     ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-01-10 14:13 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2020-01-10 15:38   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2020-01-10 16:04   ` Horatiu Vultur
2020-01-10 16:21     ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-01-10 16:48       ` Andrew Lunn
2020-01-10 17:25       ` Horatiu Vultur
2020-01-10 17:56         ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2020-01-10 20:12           ` Horatiu Vultur
2020-01-10 20:33             ` Andrew Lunn
2020-01-10 19:27   ` David Miller
2020-01-10 20:03     ` nikolay
2020-01-10 20:24       ` Horatiu Vultur

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