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| author |   Scott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com> | 2015-05-12 23:03:54 -0700 |
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| committer |   David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2015-05-13 12:26:28 -0400 |
| commit | 1f5dc44c881281c6573b73366bcfde575074d1b0 (patch) | |
| tree | 727956bafa5be9f535d95d6d043833e887fbefc9 /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | switchdev: align comment with other comments in block (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-1f5dc44c881281c6573b73366bcfde575074d1b0.tar.xz linux-dev-1f5dc44c881281c6573b73366bcfde575074d1b0.zip | |
switchdev: apply review comments on documentation
There were a few review comments on the switchdev.txt documentation that
didn't get included with the Spring Cleanup series, so include them now.
Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt index b3e18c8fd040..616f89267d23 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ kernel pick the default netdev name, and let udev set the final name based on a port attribute. Using port PHYS name (ndo_get_phys_port_name) for the key is particularly -useful for dynically-named ports where the device names it's ports based on +useful for dynamically-named ports where the device names its ports based on 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: @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL If the switchdev driver (and device) only supports offloading of the default network namespace (netns), the driver should set this feature flag to prevent the port netdev from being moved out of the default netns. A netns-aware -driver/device would not set this flag and be resposible for partitioning +driver/device would not set this flag and be responsible for partitioning hardware to preserve netns containment. This means hardware cannot forward traffic from a port in one namespace to another port in another namespace. @@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ entries are installed, for example, using iproute2 bridge cmd: bridge fdb add ADDR dev DEV [vlan VID] [self] +XXX: what should be done if offloading this rule to hardware fails (for +example, due to full capacity in hardware tables) ? + Note: by default, the bridge does not filter on VLAN and only bridges untagged traffic. To enable VLAN support, turn on VLAN filtering: |