From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935097AbdEVOsc (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 May 2017 10:48:32 -0400 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([178.209.37.122]:39481 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934866AbdEVOs1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 May 2017 10:48:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 16:48:25 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn To: David Miller Cc: vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@savoirfairelinux.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/20] net: dsa: distribute switch events Message-ID: <20170522144825.GG29447@lunn.ch> References: <20170519210055.9366-1-vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> <20170522.104557.1244582147577060590.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170522.104557.1244582147577060590.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 10:45:57AM -0400, David Miller wrote: > From: Vivien Didelot > Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 17:00:35 -0400 > > > DSA is by nature the support for a switch fabric, which can be composed > > of a single, or multiple interconnected Ethernet switch chips. > > > > The current DSA core behavior is to identify the slave port targeted by > > a request (e.g. adding a VLAN entry), and program the switch chip to > > which it belongs accordingly. > > > > This is problematic in a multi-chip environment, since all chips of a > > fabric must be aware of most configuration changes. Here are some > > concrete examples in a 3-chip environment: > ... > > This patch series uses the notification chain introduced for bridging, > > to notify not only bridge, but switchdev attributes and objects events > > to all switch chips of the fabric. > > Andrew or Florian, can I get a review? Yes, it is on my TODO list for today/tomorrow. Andrew