Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Aug 2022 17:08:23 +0200 | From | netdev@kapio-te ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 6/6] selftests: forwarding: add test of MAC-Auth Bypass to locked port tests |
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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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