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Subject[PATCH net-next v3 6/7] devlink: Clarifies max_macs generic devlink param
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The generic param max_macs documentation isn't clear.
Replace it with a more descriptive documentation

Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <shayd@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
---
Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
index 0eddee6e66f3..2cbdce4e6a1f 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ own name.
errors.
* - ``max_macs``
- u32
- - Specifies the maximum number of MAC addresses per ethernet port of
- this device.
+ - Typically macvlan, vlan net devices mac are also programmed in their
+ parent netdevice's Function rx filter. This parameter limit the
+ maximum number of unicast mac address filters to receive traffic from
+ per ethernet port of this device.
* - ``region_snapshot_enable``
- Boolean
- Enable capture of ``devlink-region`` snapshots.
--
2.21.3
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