Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx5e: Enable mac forwarding on uplink representor

From: Saeed Mahameed <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:12:15 -0700

On 11 Mar 20:33, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>On Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:48:41 +0200 Tariq Toukan wrote:
>> This small patch enables mac forwarding to MPFs via uplink representor,
>
>"mac forwarding to MPF via uplink representor"
>Can't wrap my head around this "via". Could you explain this better?
>Perhaps some tool can spit out a little diagram to make the flow clear?
>

Mac forwarding in the sense of linux bridge mac forwarding mechanism which
requires set_rx_mode ndo to be implemented. 

Linux-bridge --> mlx5-uplink-rep --> set_rx_mode --> set up mac in HW.

Thanks,
Saeed.