[PATCH net-next 3/4] devlink: Clarifies max_macs generic devlink param
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From: Shay Drory <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-30 15:14:32
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Jonathan Corbet, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
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The generic param max_macs documentation isn't clear. Replace it with a more descriptive documentation Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <redacted> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <redacted> Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh <redacted> --- Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
index b7dfe693a332..c2542dcf63c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ own name. errors. * - ``max_macs`` - u32 - - Specifies the maximum number of MAC addresses per ethernet port of - this device. + - Typically macvlan, vlan net devices mac are also programmed in their + parent netdevice's Function rx filter. This parameter limit the + maximum number of unicast mac address filters to receive traffic from + per ethernet port of this device. * - ``region_snapshot_enable`` - Boolean - Enable capture of ``devlink-region`` snapshots.
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