Re: [RFC net-next v0 2/2] net: dsa: add option for bridge port HW offload

[Aryan Srivastava]

On Mon, 2024-11-11 at 16:40 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 02:32:17PM +1300, Aryan Srivastava wrote:
> > Currently the DSA framework will HW offload any bridge port if
> > there is
> > a driver available to support HW offloading. This may not always be
> > the
> > preferred case.
> > 
> > In cases where the ports on the switch chip are being used as
> > purely L3
> > interfaces, it is preferred that every packet hits the CPU. In the
> > case
> > where these ports are added to a bridge, there is a likelihood of
> > packets completely bypassing the CPU and being switched.
> 
> This does not make much sense to me. If it is purely L3, you don't
> need a bridge, since that is only needed for L2.
> 
> I think we need more details to understand what you really mean here.
> 
>         Andrew
Hi Andrew,

Sorry for the belated reply, I will reupload this patch with an updated
commit message.

        Aryan