> > > Adding debugfs files for basic switch concepts like MAC and VLAN tables
> > > seems like a bit of a stretch to me. I wonder what others think.
> >
> > Agreed.
>
>
> I was wondering how other vendors are solving this? One way I could
> understand is to use "Switchdev" framework which in turn will expose
> entries to the kernel using the switch driver. In our NIC we don't
> have a proper switch and it cannot learn/age entries.
Your hardware is there to accelerate what linux can do in software.
How do we manage the software version of this feature?
> Also, on-SoC NIC contains other tables which might not have any standard
> user-space interface at all. What are your suggestions regarding that?
How are these tables map to software features the Linux stack
implements?
Andrew
