Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix hardware bridging

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:46:17 +0200

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 06:08:34PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> DSA and its drivers currently hook the NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER net_device event in
> order to configure the VLAN map of every port.
> 
> This VLAN map is a feature of these switch chips to hardcode and restrict which
> output ports a given input port can egress frames to.
> 
> A Linux bridge is a simple untagged VLAN propagated by the bridge code itself.
> With a proper 802.1Q support, a driver does not need this hook anymore, and
> will simply program the related VLAN object.
> 
> This patchset improves the hardware bridging code in the mv88e6xxx driver with
> a strict 802.1Q mode.

Hi Vivien

I just tested this as part of net-next/master, and found a problem....

If i do:

ip link set lan0 up
ip addr add 192.168.10.2/24 dev lan0

It will not ping. Looking in sys/kernel/debug/dsa0/stats i see
broadcast packets, probably ARP, being received at the port.
But they are not being forwarded out the CPU port.

If however i do

brctl addbr br0
brctl addif br0 lan0
ip addr add 192.168.10.2/24 dev br0
ip link set br0 up

i can ping.

So it looks like we are too restrictive by default. You should be able
to use interfaces as they are, without a bridge.

   Andrew