Re: [patch net-next v3 15/17] bridge: add new hwmode swdev
From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Date: 2014-11-25 16:07:58
On 11/25/14 05:28, Jiri Pirko wrote:
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From: Scott Feldman <redacted> Current hwmode settings are "vepa" or "veb". These are for NIC interfaces with basic bridging function offloaded to HW. Add new "swdev" for full switch device offloads. Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <redacted> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> --- new in v3 --- include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h index da17e45..60425ca 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ struct __fdb_entry { #define BRIDGE_MODE_VEB 0 /* Default loopback mode */ #define BRIDGE_MODE_VEPA 1 /* 802.1Qbg defined VEPA mode */ +#define BRIDGE_MODE_SWDEV 2 /* Full switch device offload */ /* Bridge management nested attributes * [IFLA_AF_SPEC] = {
Again - Why is this not a generic interface the way Roopa had it? We need to do offloads for a lot of other things than just bridge.. cheers, jamal