From a258c804aa8742763dce694b5e992d7ccf4294f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mateusz Polchlopek Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:31:44 -0400 Subject: docs: fix info about representor identification 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 --- Documentation/networking/representors.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') 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 ` for the details of this API. -- cgit