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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/representors.rst b/Documentation/networking/representors.rst index ee1f5cd54496..decb39c19b9e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/representors.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/representors.rst @@ -162,9 +162,11 @@ How are representors identified? The representor netdevice should *not* directly refer to a PCIe device (e.g. through ``net_dev->dev.parent`` / ``SET_NETDEV_DEV()``), either of the representee or of the switchdev function. -Instead, it should implement the ``ndo_get_devlink_port()`` netdevice op, which -the kernel uses to provide the ``phys_switch_id`` and ``phys_port_name`` sysfs -nodes. (Some legacy drivers implement ``ndo_get_port_parent_id()`` and +Instead, the driver should use the ``SET_NETDEV_DEVLINK_PORT`` macro to +assign a devlink port instance to the netdevice before registering the +netdevice; the kernel uses the devlink port to provide the ``phys_switch_id`` +and ``phys_port_name`` sysfs nodes. +(Some legacy drivers implement ``ndo_get_port_parent_id()`` and ``ndo_get_phys_port_name()`` directly, but this is deprecated.) See :ref:`Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst <devlink_port>` for the details of this API. |