linux/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
Vignesh Raghavendra 58356eb31d net: ti: am65-cpsw-nuss: Add devlink support
AM65 NUSS ethernet switch on K3 devices can be configured to work either
in independent mac mode where each port acts as independent network
interface (multi mac) or switch mode.

Add devlink hooks to provide a way to switch b/w these modes.

Rationale to use devlink instead of defaulting to bridge mode is that
SoC use cases require to support multiple independent MAC ports with no
switching so that users can use software bridges with multi-mac
configuration (e.g: to support LAG, HSR/PRP, etc). Also, switching
between multi mac and switch mode requires significant Port and ALE
reconfiguration, therefore is easier to be made as part of mode change
devlink hooks. It also allows to keep user interface similar to what
was implemented for the previous generation of TI CPSW IP
(on AM33/AM43/AM57 SoCs).

Signed-off-by: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2021-02-11 17:52:13 -08:00

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Linux Devlink Documentation
===========================
devlink is an API to expose device information and resources not directly
related to any device class, such as chip-wide/switch-ASIC-wide configuration.
Interface documentation
-----------------------
The following pages describe various interfaces available through devlink in
general.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
devlink-dpipe
devlink-health
devlink-info
devlink-flash
devlink-params
devlink-port
devlink-region
devlink-resource
devlink-reload
devlink-trap
Driver-specific documentation
-----------------------------
Each driver that implements ``devlink`` is expected to document what
parameters, info versions, and other features it supports.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
bnxt
ionic
ice
mlx4
mlx5
mlxsw
mv88e6xxx
netdevsim
nfp
sja1105
qed
ti-cpsw-switch
am65-nuss-cpsw-switch