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@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ Typically, the management port is not participating in offloaded data plane and
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is loaded with a different driver, such as a NIC driver, on the management port
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device.
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+Switch ID
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+^^^^^^^^^
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+
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+The switchdev driver must implement the switchdev op switchdev_port_attr_get
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+for SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID for each port netdev, returning the same
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+physical ID for each port of a switch. The ID must be unique between switches
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+on the same system. The ID does not need to be unique between switches on
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+different systems.
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+
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+The switch ID is used to locate ports on a switch and to know if aggregated
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+ports belong to the same switch.
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Port Netdev Naming
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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@@ -104,25 +116,13 @@ external configuration. For example, if a physical 40G port is split logically
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into 4 10G ports, resulting in 4 port netdevs, the device can give a unique
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name for each port using port PHYS name. The udev rule would be:
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-SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVER="<driver>", ATTR{phys_port_name}!="", \
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- NAME="$attr{phys_port_name}"
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+SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{phys_switch_id}=="<phys_switch_id>", \
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+ ATTR{phys_port_name}!="", NAME="swX$attr{phys_port_name}"
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Suggested naming convention is "swXpYsZ", where X is the switch name or ID, Y
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is the port name or ID, and Z is the sub-port name or ID. For example, sw1p1s0
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would be sub-port 0 on port 1 on switch 1.
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-Switch ID
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-^^^^^^^^^
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-
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-The switchdev driver must implement the switchdev op switchdev_port_attr_get
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-for SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_PARENT_ID for each port netdev, returning the same
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-physical ID for each port of a switch. The ID must be unique between switches
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-on the same system. The ID does not need to be unique between switches on
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-different systems.
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-
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-The switch ID is used to locate ports on a switch and to know if aggregated
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-ports belong to the same switch.
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-
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Port Features
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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