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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst index c8bd246d4010..330a76c2fab6 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst @@ -970,9 +970,12 @@ Bridge VLAN filtering the specified MAC address from the specified VLAN ID if it was mapped into this port forwarding database -- ``port_fdb_dump``: bridge layer function invoked with a switchdev callback - function that the driver has to call for each MAC address known to be behind - the given port. A switchdev object is used to carry the VID and FDB info. +- ``port_fdb_dump``: bridge bypass function invoked by ``ndo_fdb_dump`` on the + physical DSA port interfaces. Since DSA does not attempt to keep in sync its + hardware FDB entries with the software bridge, this method is implemented as + a means to view the entries visible on user ports in the hardware database. + The entries reported by this function have the ``self`` flag in the output of + the ``bridge fdb show`` command. - ``port_mdb_add``: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge wants to install a multicast database entry. If the operation is not supported, this function |