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| author | Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com> | 2022-07-16 21:53:36 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2022-07-18 12:44:37 +0100 |
| commit | 3c87237ecd27fe5534f3324a4dccbce059c04e40 (patch) | |
| tree | 25cfb558f45602c939108c542126516fdc6e2411 /Documentation | |
| parent | b763f50dc157c2796dded090fac3e05cb5147348 (diff) | |
docs: net: dsa: document port_setup and port_teardown
These methods were added without being documented, fix that.
Fixes: fd292c189a97 ("net: dsa: tear down devlink port regions when tearing down the devlink port on error")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst index e16eb2e5e787..eade80ed226b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst @@ -620,6 +620,15 @@ Switch configuration may have previously configured. The method responsible for undoing any applicable allocations or operations done here is ``teardown``. +- ``port_setup`` and ``port_teardown``: methods for initialization and + destruction of per-port data structures. It is mandatory for some operations + such as registering and unregistering devlink port regions to be done from + these methods, otherwise they are optional. A port will be torn down only if + it has been previously set up. It is possible for a port to be set up during + probing only to be torn down immediately afterwards, for example in case its + PHY cannot be found. In this case, probing of the DSA switch continues + without that particular port. + PHY devices and link management ------------------------------- |