[PATCH 1/2] kernel: netdevices: Create Realtek DSA switch packages

[Linus Walleij]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca
<luizluca at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, the upstream code does not support VLAN/Bridge Forwarding. So,
> all traffic goes through the CPU (with the expected lower
> performance). I implemented that part in the driver but the maintainer
> rejected it as my implementation was based on Shared VLAN Learning and
> he already had one based on Independent VLAN Learning. However, that
> happened in early 2023 and no IVL appeared upstream. I've been keeping
> my code for personal usage. Should I include it as well as a pending
> (or hack) patch?

We also need to get somewhere with this. I'm not sure I can help
super much, every time I deal with VLAN I feel like a hippo in a porcelain
store, but can you point me to the patches so I can form an
opinion?

Yours,
Linus Walleij