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| author | Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com> | 2025-11-30 15:16:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2025-12-01 16:51:49 -0800 |
| commit | 977839161f26862e77a2c9a46b4d7b0b00b20dad (patch) | |
| tree | efb0434d21a74fe5b09aa395343261c2238caff4 /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | 7271d4a08c399104de663762806a9a521352a0d1 (diff) | |
Documentation: net: dsa: mention availability of RedBox
Since commit 5055cccfc2d1 ("net: hsr: Provide RedBox support
(HSR-SAN)"), RedBox is available (including for offload in DSA).
Update the DSA documentation that states it isn't.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251130131657.65080-15-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst index 7b2e69cd7ef0..92df551434f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst @@ -1104,12 +1104,11 @@ health of the network and for discovery of other nodes. In Linux, both HSR and PRP are implemented in the hsr driver, which instantiates a virtual, stackable network interface with two member ports. The driver only implements the basic roles of DANH (Doubly Attached Node -implementing HSR) and DANP (Doubly Attached Node implementing PRP); the roles -of RedBox and QuadBox are not implemented (therefore, bridging a hsr network -interface with a physical switch port does not produce the expected result). +implementing HSR), DANP (Doubly Attached Node implementing PRP) and RedBox +(allows non-HSR devices to connect to the ring via Interlink ports). -A driver which is able of offloading certain functions of a DANP or DANH should -declare the corresponding netdev features as indicated by the documentation at +A driver which is able of offloading certain functions should declare the +corresponding netdev features as indicated by the documentation at ``Documentation/networking/netdev-features.rst``. Additionally, the following methods must be implemented: |