Re: [PATCH net-next 0/9] net: dsa: define port types
From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Fri Oct 27 2017 - 15:37:27 EST
On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 02:56:51PM +0200, Egil Hjelmeland wrote:
> > The DSA code currently has 3 bitmaps in the dsa_switch structure:
> > cpu_port_mask, dsa_port_mask and enabled_port_mask.
>
>
> Hi Vivien
>
> First I must apologize to everybody for not replying in-thread. Problem
> is that I was not subscribed to netdev. But now I am, so I promise it
> will not happen again :-)
>
> So to the point. I think DSA need to keep track of multicast
> memberships. As it is now, dsa_switch_mdb_add() include
> the CPU/DSA port(s) in the multicast. But multicast is never
> removed from the CPU/DSA port(s).
Hi Egil
You should take a look at my patches from a few weeks back. I hope to
make another version next week. These deal with multicast on the CPU
port, or better said, the host wanting to receive a multicast group.
Andrew