Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 00/16] bridge: Add MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) support with offload

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On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 04:09:07PM +0200, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 2022-10-25 12:00, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> > 
> > Future work
> > ===========
> > 
> > The hostapd fork by Westermo is using dynamic FDB entries to authorize
> > hosts [3]. Changes are required in switchdev to allow such entries to be
> > offloaded. Hans already indicated he is working on that [4]. It should
> > not necessitate any uAPI changes so I do not view it as a blocker (Hans,
> > please confirm).
> 
> The dynamic ATU patchset will do changes in the switchdev and DSA layers
> and in the driver of course, so I suppose that confirms what you think
> (e.g. no changes in include/uapi), but it requires the fdb_flags towards
> drivers patches of course and MAB driver changes, that are part of my
> v8 patchset.

Any comments on the merge plan and patches #1-#4?



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