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net: dsa: Rename IFLA_DSA_MASTER to IFLA_DSA_CONDUIT

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This preserves the existing IFLA_DSA_MASTER which is part of the uAPI
and creates an alias named IFLA_DSA_CONDUIT.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231023181729.1191071-3-florian.fainelli@broadcom.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Florian Fainelli
2023-10-23 11:17:29 -07:00
committed by Jakub Kicinski
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@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ description which has an ``ethernet`` property. It is up to the user to
configure the system for the switch to use other conduits.
DSA uses the ``rtnl_link_ops`` mechanism (with a "dsa" ``kind``) to allow
changing the DSA conduit of a user port. The ``IFLA_DSA_MASTER`` u32 netlink
changing the DSA conduit of a user port. The ``IFLA_DSA_CONDUIT`` u32 netlink
attribute contains the ifindex of the conduit device that handles each user
device. The DSA conduit must be a valid candidate based on firmware node
information, or a LAG interface which contains only slaves which are valid
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ Using iproute2, the following manipulations are possible:
dsa master bond0
Notice that in the case of CPU ports under a LAG, the use of the
``IFLA_DSA_MASTER`` netlink attribute is not strictly needed, but rather, DSA
``IFLA_DSA_CONDUIT`` netlink attribute is not strictly needed, but rather, DSA
reacts to the ``IFLA_MASTER`` attribute change of its present conduit (``eth0``)
and migrates all user ports to the new upper of ``eth0``, ``bond0``. Similarly,
when ``bond0`` is destroyed using ``RTM_DELLINK``, DSA migrates the user ports