Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 0/4] introduce infrastructure for support of switch chip datapath

From: Jamal Hadi Salim <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:36:52 -0400

On 03/26/14 11:22, John W. Linville wrote:

> This part makes sense to me -- use the hardware forwarding offloads if
> they are available, but fall back to software for sake of flexibility.
> It gives the admin enough rope to shoot himself in the foot...
>

This should be left up to policy. Maybe a sysctl? Example:
I should be able to choose whether i want to _only_
use the L3 table in hardware and not in software for certain
traffic which may require lower latency.

cheers,
jamal