Re: [RFC PATCH 02/10] net: dsa: b53: prevent FAST_AGE access on BCM5325
From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Mon Jun 02 2025 - 05:37:48 EST
Hello,
On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 12:13:00PM +0200, Álvaro Fernández Rojas wrote:
> BCM5325 doesn't implement FAST_AGE registers so we should avoid reading or
> writing them.
>
> Fixes: 967dd82ffc52 ("net: dsa: b53: Add support for Broadcom RoboSwitch")
> Signed-off-by: Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
How about implementing a "slow age" procedure instead? Walk through the
FDB, and delete the dynamically learned entries for the port?
Address aging is important for STP state transitions.