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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 net-next 6/6] selftests: forwarding: add test of MAC-Auth Bypass to locked port tests
On 2022-08-29 16:37, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 02:04:42PM +0200, netdev@kapio-technology.com
> wrote:
>> On 2022-08-29 13:32, Ido Schimmel wrote:
>> Port association is needed for MAB to work at all on mv88e6xxx, but
>> for
>> 802.1X port association is only needed for dynamic ATU entries.
>
> Ageing of dynamic entries in the bridge requires learning to be on as
> well, but in these test cases you are only using static entries and
> there is no reason to enable learning in the bridge for that. I prefer
> not to leak this mv88e6xxx implementation detail to user space and
> instead have the driver enable port association based on whether
> "learning" or "mab" is on.
>

Then it makes most sense to have the mv88e6xxx driver enable port
association when then port is locked, as it does now.

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