* Re: [PATCH] mv88e6060 station roaming
[not found] <CAMbhjvMAe5UbRPAdyahqvu24muJP3K6n63q3ahxG8aae3NPNsA@mail.gmail.com>
@ 2018-11-27 4:41 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-11-27 4:44 ` Andrew Lunn
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From: Andrew Lunn @ 2018-11-27 4:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alacn
Cc: Vivien Didelot, Florian Fainelli, David S. Miller, netdev, linux-kernel
On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 09:31:02PM -0200, Alacn wrote:
> hello,
>
> I'm sending a patch for Marvell 88e6060 driver.
>
> Problem description:
> Multiple APs with inter-AP roaming connected to different ports,
> when station moves from one AP on one port to another AP on another port,
> traffic flow breaks down because the learning table is not updated.
>
>
> When Marvell's mac learning is enabled it drops all frames that
> arrive from a MAC address that is on a different port at learning table.
> It doesn't update learning table and breaks station roaming.
>
>
> This patch disable Marvell 88E6060 hardware level mac learning and let it
> be handled by the kernel.
Hi Anderson.
> @@ -145,8 +144,7 @@
/* Enable automatic address learning, set the address
* database size to 1024 entries, and set the default aging
* time to 5 minutes.
*/
> * time to 5 minutes.
> */
> REG_WRITE(REG_GLOBAL, GLOBAL_ATU_CONTROL,
> - GLOBAL_ATU_CONTROL_ATUSIZE_1024 |
> - GLOBAL_ATU_CONTROL_ATE_AGE_5MIN);
> + GLOBAL_ATU_CONTROL_LEARNDIS);
Please update the comment as well.
Thanks
Andrew
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2018-11-27 4:41 ` [PATCH] mv88e6060 station roaming Andrew Lunn
@ 2018-11-27 4:44 ` Andrew Lunn
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From: Andrew Lunn @ 2018-11-27 4:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alacn
Cc: Vivien Didelot, Florian Fainelli, David S. Miller, netdev, linux-kernel
On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 09:31:02PM -0200, Alacn wrote:
> hello,
>
> I'm sending a patch for Marvell 88e6060 driver.
>
> Problem description:
> Multiple APs with inter-AP roaming connected to different ports,
> when station moves from one AP on one port to another AP on another port,
> traffic flow breaks down because the learning table is not updated.
>
>
> When Marvell's mac learning is enabled it drops all frames that
> arrive from a MAC address that is on a different port at learning table.
> It doesn't update learning table and breaks station roaming.
>
>
> This patch disable Marvell 88E6060 hardware level mac learning and let it
> be handled by the kernel.
Hi Anderson.
Please take a look at
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.19/process/submitting-patches.html
In particular the text about Signed-off-by:.
Also, the complete contents above going into the commit message, so
please make the text formal. No hello, etc.
Andrew
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