Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] devlink: Support DEVLINK_ESWITCH_MODE_SWITCHDEV_INACTIVE

From: Saeed Mahameed <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:46:10 -0800

On 06 Nov 16:14, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
>From: Saeed Mahameed <[email-masked]>
>
>Add support for the new inactive switchdev mode [1].
>
>A user can start the eswitch in switchdev or switchdev_inactive mode.
>
>Active: Traffic is enabled on this eswitch FDB.
>Inactive: Traffic is ignored/dropped on this eswitch FDB.
>
>An example use case:
>$ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:08:00.1 mode switchdev_inactive
>Setup FDB pipeline and netdev representors
>...
>Once ready to start receiving traffic
>$ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:08:00.1 mode switchdev
>
>[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email-masked]/
>

Hi, this was supposed to be marked for -next, do you want me to repost ?

The kernel part was applied to net-next:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email-masked]/