Message ID | 20190213220638.1552-2-f.fainelli@gmail.com |
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State | Changes Requested |
Delegated to: | David Miller |
Headers | show |
Series | net: Get rid of switchdev_port_attr_get() | expand |
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 02:06:30PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote: > Update the section about switchdev drivers having to implement a > switchdev_port_attr_get() function to return > SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID since that is no longer valid after > commit bccb30254a4a ("net: Get rid of > SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID"). > > Fixes: bccb30254a4a ("net: Get rid of SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID") > Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com> > Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt index f3244d87512a..ea90243340a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt @@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ device. Switch ID ^^^^^^^^^ -The switchdev driver must implement the switchdev op switchdev_port_attr_get -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. +The switchdev driver must implement the net_device operation +ndo_get_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. The switch ID is used to locate ports on a switch and to know if aggregated ports belong to the same switch.