networking/dsa/dsa.rst

132 DSA frame header, in order to reduce the autonomous packet forwarding overhead.
629   specific port to be in the forwarding vector. Ports that are unused by the
775 VLAN-unaware bridges). During forwarding and FDB lookup, a packet received on a
881 for incorrect forwarding decisions. In this case, all standalone ports may
895 Offloading the bridge forwarding plane is optional and handled by the methods
898 possible, but the packet forwarding will take place in software, and the ports
903 Concretely, a port starts offloading the forwarding plane of a bridge once it
907 autonomously forwarding (or flooding) received packets without CPU intervention.
910 have already been autonomously forwarded in the forwarding domain of the
912 switch ports part of the same tree ID to be part of the same bridge forwarding
913 domain (capable of autonomous forwarding to each other).
915 Offloading the TX forwarding process of a bridge is a distinct concept from
916 simply offloading its forwarding plane, and refers to the ability of certain
929 When the TX forwarding offload is enabled, the tag protocol driver is
943   By setting the ``tx_fwd_offload`` argument to true, the TX forwarding process
988   forwarding needs to take place in software), or the VLAN is installed to the
998   Forwarding Database entry, the switch hardware should be programmed with the
999   specified address in the specified VLAN Id in the forwarding database
1003   Forwarding Database entry, the switch hardware should be programmed to delete
1005   this port forwarding database
1016   specified address in the specified VLAN ID in the forwarding database
1022   this port forwarding database.