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

[Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca]

> > 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?

There is some good news. I contacted the maintainer again and he plans
to resume the work on that in a couple of months (customer demand).
He did share his working tree but it is not in a publishable state
yet. Let's keep this quiet for a couple of months for now.

I don't think it is worth it for now to review my limited patches.
Anyway, for the record, they are here (pending patches):
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/72959ee699a272ad9477449431da1cb8e4788945
(with some extra WIP not directly related to the vlan/forwarding).

Regards,

Luiz