Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] net: marvell: prestera: Add router interface ABI

From: Yevhen Orlov
Date: Thu Jan 06 2022 - 21:15:56 EST


On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 03:44:50PM +0200, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 11:52:27PM +0200, Yevhen Orlov wrote:
> > Add functions to enable routing on port, which is not in vlan.
> > Also we can enable routing on vlan.
>
> I don't understand these two lines. Can you explain for which netdev
> types you can create a router interface?
>

Sure.
For now we support only regular port (has no upper or lower dev).

But ABI potentially support RIF on bridge/vlan (see prestera_if_type).
This feature will be implemented soon.