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New drivers were prevented from adding ndo_set_vf_* callbacks over the last few years. This was expected to result in broader switchdev adoption, but seems to have had little effect. Based on recent netdev meeting there is broad support for allowing adding those ops. There is a problem with the current API supporting a limited number of VFs (100+, which is less than some modern HW supports). We can try to solve it by adding similar functionality on devlink ports, but that'd be another API variation to maintain. So a netlink attribute reshuffling is a more likely outcome. Document the guidance, make it clear that the API is frozen. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.