Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: remove bitmap operations

2019-08-22 Thread David Miller
From: Vivien Didelot Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:17:28 -0400 > David, I've included this patch into a new series with other related patches, > you can ignore this one now. Ok, thanks for letting me know.

Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: remove bitmap operations

2019-08-22 Thread Vivien Didelot
On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 02:24:23 -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote: > The bitmap operations were introduced to simplify the switch drivers > in the future, since most of them could implement the common VLAN and > MDB operations (add, del, dump) with simple functions taking all target > ports at once, and t

[PATCH net-next] net: dsa: remove bitmap operations

2019-08-20 Thread Vivien Didelot
The bitmap operations were introduced to simplify the switch drivers in the future, since most of them could implement the common VLAN and MDB operations (add, del, dump) with simple functions taking all target ports at once, and thus limiting the number of hardware accesses. Programming an MDB or