kernel.git/Documentation/networking/representors.rst, branch linux-rolling-lts

Documentation: Add documentation for eswitch attribute

2024-03-29T01:20:08Z

Provide devlink documentation for three eswitch attributes: mode, inline-mode, and encap-mode. Signed-off-by: William Tu Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240325181228.6244-1-witu@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

docs: fix info about representor identification

2023-10-14T00:30:00Z

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 Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel Reviewed-by: Edward Cree Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231012123144.15768-1-mateusz.polchlopek@intel.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

docs: net: add an explanation of VF (and other) Representors

2022-09-21T14:31:38Z

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 Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220905135557.39233-1-ecree@xilinx.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski