mlxsw: spectrum_fid: Introduce emulated 802.1Q FIDs
The driver uses 802.1Q FIDs when offloading a VLAN-aware bridge. Unfortunately, it is not possible to assign a VNI to such FIDs, which prompts the driver to forbid the enslavement of VxLAN devices to a VLAN-aware bridge. Workaround this hardware limitation by creating a new family of FIDs, emulated 802.1Q FIDs. These FIDs are emulated using 802.1D FIDs, which can be assigned a VNI. The downside of this approach is that multiple {Port, VID}->FID entries are required, whereas only a single VID->FID is required with "true" 802.1Q FIDs. Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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