Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Shay Drory <> | Subject | [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] devlink: Clarifies max_macs generic devlink param | Date | Wed, 8 Dec 2021 09:03:20 +0200 |
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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> Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@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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