Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: add cross-chip multicast support

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Jun 16 2017 - 15:22:11 EST


From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:14:48 -0400

> Similarly to how cross-chip VLAN works, define a bitmap of multicast
> group members for a switch, now including its DSA ports, so that
> multicast traffic can be sent to all switches of the fabric.
>
> A switch may drop the frames if no user port is a member.
>
> This brings support for multicast in a multi-chip environment.
> As of now, all switches of the fabric must support the multicast
> operations in order to program a single fabric port.
>
> Reported-by: Jason Cobham <jcobham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Vivien.