# Re: \[PATCH net-next 0/6\] prestera: add basic router driver support

- From: Yevhen Orlov \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-12-21 04:28:52 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/12/1615100
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/12/1612794/t.md

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On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 05:52:55PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 09:54:32PM +0200, Yevhen Orlov wrote:
> > Add initial router support for Marvell Prestera driver.
> > Subscribe on inetaddr notifications. TRAP packets, that has to be routed
> > (if packet has router's destination MAC address).
> 
> I must be missing something here. Why do you need to tell it the IP
> address in order to perform software routing? All the switch needs to
> know is the MAC address. Any packets for that MAC address should be
> trapped to the host. The host can then decide what to do with it,
> router, bridge, or consume it itself.

You are right. We don't pass IP address. Subscription is only needed
to enable rif. IP address is not used here.

> 
> > Add features:
> >  - Support ip address adding on port.
> >    e.g.: "ip address add PORT 1.1.1.1/24"
> 
> This should just work already. If it does not, you have something
> wrong in your current support.
> 
> 	Andrew

Yes. For now we has just enabled TRAP's for every port. This is good for
software routing. But in order to implement routes offloading - we need
to control, on which port packets is routed. So, this patchset
prepares infrastructure for future routes offloading implementation.
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