On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM Petr Machata <petrm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Amit Cohen writes: > > A future patch set will add support for XDP in mlxsw driver. This set adds > some preparations. Why? What is the goal here? My understanding is that mlxsw is a hw switch and skb-s are used to implement tap functionality for few listeners. The volume of such packets is supposed to be small. Even if XDP is added there is a huge mismatch in packet rates. Hence the question. Why bother?