Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] bridge: initialize port flags with switchdev defaults

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On Fri,  9 Mar 2018 19:03:04 -0800
Igor Mitsyanko <igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Default bridge port flags for switchdev devices can be different from
> what is used in bridging core. Get default value from switchdev itself
> on port initialization.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Igor Mitsyanko <igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Yes hardware devices may come it with different default values.
But the user experience on Linux needs to be consistent.

Instead, it makes more sense to me for each device driver using switchdev
to program to the values that it sees in the bridge.

Please revise this.



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