Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:24:03 +0300 | From | Vladimir Oltean <> | Subject | Re: [RFC net-next 1/2] net: dsa: tag_mtk: skip address learning on transmit to standalone ports |
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On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 09:37:05PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > Otherwise this is as correct as can be without implementing TX > forwarding offload for the bridge (which you've explained why it doesn't > map 1:1 with what your hw can do). But just because a port is under a bridge > doesn't mean that the only packets it sends belong to that bridge. Think > AF_PACKET sockets, PTP etc. The bridge also has a no_linklocal_learn > option that maybe should be taken into consideration for drivers that > can do something meaningful about it. Anyway, food for thought.
Considering that you also have the option of setting ds->assisted_learning_on_cpu_port = true and this will have less false positives, what are the reasons why you did not choose that approach?
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