On 9/21/16 5:53 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com>
> 
> Until now, in order to offload a FIB entry to HW we use switchdev op.
> However that has limits. Mainly in case we need to make the HW aware of
> all route prefixes configured in kernel. HW needs to know those in order
> to properly trap appropriate packets and pass the to kernel to do
> the forwarding. Abort mechanism is now handled within the mlxsw driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h     |   9 +-
>  .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c  | 386 
> ++++++++++++---------
>  .../ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c   |   9 -
>  3 files changed, 216 insertions(+), 188 deletions(-)
> 
> 


Make the move to fib notifiers and the removal of switchdev code separate 
patches. It will make the fib notifier change easier to follow.

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