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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>
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Scott Feldman 2015-05-12 23:03:54 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 5eb764edee
commit 1f5dc44c88
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@ -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: