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2024-03-29Documentation: Add documentation for eswitch attributeWilliam Tu1-0/+1
Provide devlink documentation for three eswitch attributes: mode, inline-mode, and encap-mode. Signed-off-by: William Tu <witu@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240325181228.6244-1-witu@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-10-14docs: fix info about representor identificationMateusz Polchlopek1-3/+5
Update the "How are representors identified?" documentation subchapter. For newer kernels driver should use SET_NETDEV_DEVLINK_PORT instead of ndo_get_devlink_port() callback. Fixes: 7712b3e966ea ("Merge branch 'net-fix-netdev-to-devlink_port-linkage-and-expose-to-user'") Signed-off-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlopek@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231012123144.15768-1-mateusz.polchlopek@intel.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2022-09-21docs: net: add an explanation of VF (and other) RepresentorsEdward Cree1-0/+259
There's no clear explanation of what VF Representors are for, their semantics, etc., outside of vendor docs and random conference slides. Add a document explaining Representors and defining what drivers that implement them are expected to do. Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220905135557.39233-1-ecree@xilinx.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>