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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt index 82236a17b5e6..97b7ca8b9b86 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. |