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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt4
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
index 0554b68e1fab..00c703ce6903 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ entries are installed, for example, using iproute2 bridge cmd:
bridge fdb add ADDR dev DEV [vlan VID] [self]
+The driver should use the helper switchdev_port_fdb_xxx ops for ndo_fdb_xxx
+ops, and handle add/delete/dump of SWITCHDEV_OBJ_PORT_FDB object using
+switchdev_port_obj_xxx ops.
+
XXX: what should be done if offloading this rule to hardware fails (for
example, due to full capacity in hardware tables) ?