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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt8
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
index 631b0f7ae16f..9d05ed7f7da5 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
@@ -369,8 +369,6 @@ does not allocate any driver private context space.
Switch configuration
--------------------
-- priv_size: additional size needed by the switch driver for its private context
-
- tag_protocol: this is to indicate what kind of tagging protocol is supported,
should be a valid value from the dsa_tag_protocol enum
@@ -416,11 +414,6 @@ PHY devices and link management
to the switch port MDIO registers. If unavailable return a negative error
code.
-- poll_link: Function invoked by DSA to query the link state of the switch
- builtin Ethernet PHYs, per port. This function is responsible for calling
- netif_carrier_{on,off} when appropriate, and can be used to poll all ports in a
- single call. Executes from workqueue context.
-
- adjust_link: Function invoked by the PHY library when a slave network device
is attached to a PHY device. This function is responsible for appropriately
configuring the switch port link parameters: speed, duplex, pause based on
@@ -542,6 +535,16 @@ Bridge layer
Bridge VLAN filtering
---------------------
+- port_vlan_filtering: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge gets
+ configured for turning on or off VLAN filtering. If nothing specific needs to
+ be done at the hardware level, this callback does not need to be implemented.
+ When VLAN filtering is turned on, the hardware must be programmed with
+ rejecting 802.1Q frames which have VLAN IDs outside of the programmed allowed
+ VLAN ID map/rules. If there is no PVID programmed into the switch port,
+ untagged frames must be rejected as well. When turned off the switch must
+ accept any 802.1Q frames irrespective of their VLAN ID, and untagged frames are
+ allowed.
+
- port_vlan_prepare: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge prepares the
configuration of a VLAN on the given port. If the operation is not supported
by the hardware, this function should return -EOPNOTSUPP to inform the bridge
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 6c7f365b1515..9ae929395b24 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1036,15 +1036,17 @@ proxy_arp_pvlan - BOOLEAN
shared_media - BOOLEAN
Send(router) or accept(host) RFC1620 shared media redirects.
- Overrides ip_secure_redirects.
+ Overrides secure_redirects.
shared_media for the interface will be enabled if at least one of
conf/{all,interface}/shared_media is set to TRUE,
it will be disabled otherwise
default TRUE
secure_redirects - BOOLEAN
- Accept ICMP redirect messages only for gateways,
- listed in default gateway list.
+ Accept ICMP redirect messages only to gateways listed in the
+ interface's current gateway list. Even if disabled, RFC1122 redirect
+ rules still apply.
+ Overridden by shared_media.
secure_redirects for the interface will be enabled if at least one of
conf/{all,interface}/secure_redirects is set to TRUE,
it will be disabled otherwise