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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/overview.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst | 4 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst index 31cfd7d674a6..c0a789b00806 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst @@ -196,11 +196,12 @@ ad_actor_sys_prio ad_actor_system In an AD system, this specifies the mac-address for the actor in - protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be NULL or - multicast. It is preferred to have the local-admin bit set for this - mac but driver does not enforce it. If the value is not given then - system defaults to using the masters' mac address as actors' system - address. + protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be a multicast + address. If the all-zeroes MAC is specified, bonding will internally + use the MAC of the bond itself. It is preferred to have the + local-admin bit set for this mac but driver does not enforce it. If + the value is not given then system defaults to using the masters' + mac address as actors' system address. This parameter has effect only in 802.3ad mode and is available through SysFs interface. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/overview.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/overview.rst index d638b5a8aadd..199647729251 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/overview.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/overview.rst @@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ PHY and allows physical transmission and reception of Ethernet frames. IRQ config, enable, reset DPNI (Datapath Network Interface) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contains TX/RX queues, network interface configuration, and RX buffer pool configuration mechanisms. The TX/RX queues are in memory and are identified by queue number. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst b/Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst index 80b13353254a..f5809206eb93 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst @@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ Time stamps for outgoing packets are to be generated as follows: and hardware timestamping is not possible (SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS not set). - As soon as the driver has sent the packet and/or obtained a hardware time stamp for it, it passes the time stamp back by - calling skb_hwtstamp_tx() with the original skb, the raw - hardware time stamp. skb_hwtstamp_tx() clones the original skb and + calling skb_tstamp_tx() with the original skb, the raw + hardware time stamp. skb_tstamp_tx() clones the original skb and adds the timestamps, therefore the original skb has to be freed now. If obtaining the hardware time stamp somehow fails, then the driver should not fall back to software time stamping. The rationale is that |