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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt index 9f9e2587b347..0714fe555016 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Switch ID ^^^^^^^^^ The switchdev driver must implement the switchdev op switchdev_port_attr_get -for SWITCHDEV_ATTR_PORT_PARENT_ID for each port netdev, returning the same +for SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID for each port netdev, returning the same physical ID for each port of a switch. The ID must be unique between switches on the same system. The ID does not need to be unique between switches on different systems. @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ entries are installed, for example, using iproute2 bridge cmd: bridge fdb add ADDR dev DEV [vlan VID] [self] The driver should use the helper switchdev_port_fdb_xxx ops for ndo_fdb_xxx -ops, and handle add/delete/dump of SWITCHDEV_OBJ_PORT_FDB object using +ops, and handle add/delete/dump of SWITCHDEV_OBJ_ID_PORT_FDB object using switchdev_port_obj_xxx ops. XXX: what should be done if offloading this rule to hardware fails (for @@ -233,8 +233,9 @@ the bridge's FDB. It's possible, but not optimal, to enable learning on the device port and on the bridge port, and disable learning_sync. To support learning and learning_sync port attributes, the driver implements -switchdev op switchdev_port_attr_get/set for SWITCHDEV_ATTR_PORT_BRIDGE_FLAGS. -The driver should initialize the attributes to the hardware defaults. +switchdev op switchdev_port_attr_get/set for +SWITCHDEV_ATTR_PORT_ID_BRIDGE_FLAGS. The driver should initialize the attributes +to the hardware defaults. FDB Ageing ^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ STP State Change on Port Internally or with a third-party STP protocol implementation (e.g. mstpd), the bridge driver maintains the STP state for ports, and will notify the switch driver of STP state change on a port using the switchdev op -switchdev_attr_port_set for SWITCHDEV_ATTR_PORT_STP_UPDATE. +switchdev_attr_port_set for SWITCHDEV_ATTR_PORT_ID_STP_UPDATE. State is one of BR_STATE_*. The switch driver can use STP state updates to update ingress packet filter list for the port. For example, if port is @@ -316,9 +317,9 @@ SWITCHDEV_OBJ_IPV[4|6]_FIB object using switchdev_port_obj_xxx ops. switchdev_port_obj_add is used for both adding a new FIB entry to the device, or modifying an existing entry on the device. -XXX: Currently, only SWITCHDEV_OBJ_IPV4_FIB objects are supported. +XXX: Currently, only SWITCHDEV_OBJ_ID_IPV4_FIB objects are supported. -SWITCHDEV_OBJ_IPV4_FIB object passes: +SWITCHDEV_OBJ_ID_IPV4_FIB object passes: struct switchdev_obj_ipv4_fib { /* IPV4_FIB */ u32 dst; |