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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>2020-10-30 08:40:50 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2020-10-30 13:14:29 +0100
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docs: ABI: cleanup several ABI documents
There are some ABI documents that, while they don't generate any warnings, they have issues when parsed by get_abi.pl script on its output result. Address them, in order to provide a clean output. Reviewed-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com> # for fpga-manager Reviewed-By: Kajol Jain<kjain@linux.ibm.com> # for sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci and sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x7 Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com> #for IIO Acked-by: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@gmail.com> # for Habanalabs Acked-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@linux.ibm.com> # for sysfs-bus-papr-pmem Acked-by: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@intel.com> # for catpt Acked-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Acked-by: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com> # for rbd Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5bc78e5b68ed1e9e39135173857cb2e753be868f.1604042072.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ KernelVersion: 3.17
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Indicates the name assignment type. Possible values are:
- 1: enumerated by the kernel, possibly in an unpredictable way
- 2: predictably named by the kernel
- 3: named by userspace
- 4: renamed
+
+ == ==========================================================
+ 1 enumerated by the kernel, possibly in an unpredictable way
+ 2 predictably named by the kernel
+ 3 named by userspace
+ 4 renamed
+ == ==========================================================
What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_assign_type
Date: July 2010
@@ -15,10 +18,13 @@ KernelVersion: 3.2
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Indicates the address assignment type. Possible values are:
- 0: permanent address
- 1: randomly generated
- 2: stolen from another device
- 3: set using dev_set_mac_address
+
+ == =============================
+ 0 permanent address
+ 1 randomly generated
+ 2 stolen from another device
+ 3 set using dev_set_mac_address
+ == =============================
What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_len
Date: April 2005
@@ -51,9 +57,12 @@ Description:
Default value 0 does not forward any link local frames.
Restricted bits:
- 0: 01-80-C2-00-00-00 Bridge Group Address used for STP
- 1: 01-80-C2-00-00-01 (MAC Control) 802.3 used for MAC PAUSE
- 2: 01-80-C2-00-00-02 (Link Aggregation) 802.3ad
+
+ == ========================================================
+ 0 01-80-C2-00-00-00 Bridge Group Address used for STP
+ 1 01-80-C2-00-00-01 (MAC Control) 802.3 used for MAC PAUSE
+ 2 01-80-C2-00-00-02 (Link Aggregation) 802.3ad
+ == ========================================================
Any values not setting these bits can be used. Take special
care when forwarding control frames e.g. 802.1X-PAE or LLDP.
@@ -74,8 +83,11 @@ Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Indicates the current physical link state of the interface.
Posssible values are:
- 0: physical link is down
- 1: physical link is up
+
+ == =====================
+ 0 physical link is down
+ 1 physical link is up
+ == =====================
Note: some special devices, e.g: bonding and team drivers will
allow this attribute to be written to force a link state for
@@ -131,8 +143,11 @@ Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Indicates whether the interface is under test. Possible
values are:
- 0: interface is not being tested
- 1: interface is being tested
+
+ == =============================
+ 0 interface is not being tested
+ 1 interface is being tested
+ == =============================
When an interface is under test, it cannot be expected
to pass packets as normal.
@@ -144,8 +159,11 @@ Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Indicates the interface latest or current duplex value. Possible
values are:
- half: half duplex
- full: full duplex
+
+ ==== ===========
+ half half duplex
+ full full duplex
+ ==== ===========
Note: This attribute is only valid for interfaces that implement
the ethtool get_link_ksettings method (mostly Ethernet).
@@ -196,8 +214,11 @@ Description:
Indicates the interface link mode, as a decimal number. This
attribute should be used in conjunction with 'dormant' attribute
to determine the interface usability. Possible values:
- 0: default link mode
- 1: dormant link mode
+
+ == =================
+ 0 default link mode
+ 1 dormant link mode
+ == =================
What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/mtu
Date: April 2005
@@ -226,7 +247,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.17
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Indicates the interface RFC2863 operational state as a string.
+
Possible values are:
+
"unknown", "notpresent", "down", "lowerlayerdown", "testing",
"dormant", "up".