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author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
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committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
commit | 863981e96738983919de841ec669e157e6bdaeb0 (patch) | |
tree | d6d89a12e7eb8017837c057935a2271290907f76 /Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt | |
parent | 8dec7c70575785729a6a9e6719a955e9c545bcab (diff) |
Linux-libre 4.7.1-gnupck-4.7.1-gnu
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt index 2f6591296..31c391158 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt @@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ Typically, the management port is not participating in offloaded data plane and is loaded with a different driver, such as a NIC driver, on the management port 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 switch ID is used to locate ports on a switch and to know if aggregated +ports belong to the same switch. + Port Netdev Naming ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -104,25 +116,13 @@ external configuration. For example, if a physical 40G port is split logically into 4 10G ports, resulting in 4 port netdevs, the device can give a unique name for each port using port PHYS name. The udev rule would be: -SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVER="<driver>", ATTR{phys_port_name}!="", \ - NAME="$attr{phys_port_name}" +SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{phys_switch_id}=="<phys_switch_id>", \ + ATTR{phys_port_name}!="", NAME="swX$attr{phys_port_name}" Suggested naming convention is "swXpYsZ", where X is the switch name or ID, Y is the port name or ID, and Z is the sub-port name or ID. For example, sw1p1s0 would be sub-port 0 on port 1 on switch 1. -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 switch ID is used to locate ports on a switch and to know if aggregated -ports belong to the same switch. - Port Features ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |