From: Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us> Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 08:44:09 +0200
> Currently setting bridge port attributes and adding FDBs are done via > setting the SELF flag which implies unconsistent offloading model. This > patch-set fixes this behavior by making the bridge and drivers which are > using it to be totally in sync. > > This implies several changes: > - Offloading bridge flags from the bridge code. > - Sending notification about FDB add/del to the software bridge in a > similiar way it is done for the hardware externally learned FDBs. > > By making the offloading model more consistent a cleanup is done in > the drivers supporting it. This is done in order to remove un-needed > logic related to dump operation which is redundant. > > First add missing functionality to bridge, then clean up the mlxsw/rocker > drivers. > --- > v1->v2 > - Move bridge-switchdev related stuff to br_switchdev.c as suggested by Nik Series applied. I really appreciate how you split these changes up to make them easier to review. Thanks.
