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authorJiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>2014-11-28 14:34:17 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-12-02 20:01:20 -0800
commit007f790c8276271de26416f90d55561bcc96588a (patch)
tree03a55b7897402e9daa8af64ea2c81d5236f77367 /include/net/switchdev.h
parent02637fce3e0103ba086b9c33b6d529e69460e4b6 (diff)
downloadlinux-007f790c8276271de26416f90d55561bcc96588a.tar.bz2
net: introduce generic switch devices support
The goal of this is to provide a possibility to support various switch chips. Drivers should implement relevant ndos to do so. Now there is only one ndo defined: - for getting physical switch id is in place. Note that user can use random port netdevice to access the switch. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> Reviewed-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@cumulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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+/*
+ * include/net/switchdev.h - Switch device API
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+#ifndef _LINUX_SWITCHDEV_H_
+#define _LINUX_SWITCHDEV_H_
+
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV
+
+int netdev_switch_parent_id_get(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct netdev_phys_item_id *psid);
+
+#else
+
+static inline int netdev_switch_parent_id_get(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct netdev_phys_item_id *psid)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_SWITCHDEV_H_ */