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authorScott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com>2015-06-03 20:43:42 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2015-06-03 23:47:23 -0700
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switchdev: documentation: for static FDB ops, use switchdev_port_fdb_xxx ops
Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ entries are installed, for example, using iproute2 bridge cmd:
bridge fdb add ADDR dev DEV [vlan VID] [self]
+The driver should use the helper switchdev_port_fdb_xxx ops for ndo_fdb_xxx
+ops, and handle add/delete/dump of SWITCHDEV_OBJ_PORT_FDB object using
+switchdev_port_obj_xxx ops.
+
XXX: what should be done if offloading this rule to hardware fails (for
example, due to full capacity in hardware tables) ?