[Bridge] [PATCH v2 0/3] Add NETIF_F_HW_BR_CAP feature

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Mon Aug 26 21:13:38 UTC 2019


From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:38:11 +0200

> I'm still not convinced this is needed. The model is, the hardware is
> there to accelerate what Linux can do in software. Any peculiarities
> of the accelerator should be hidden in the driver.  If the accelerator
> can do its job without needing promisc mode, do that in the driver.

I completely agree.


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