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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt | 40 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/kapi.rst | 24 |
4 files changed, 65 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt index b8b40753133e..25170ad7d25b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt @@ -385,11 +385,6 @@ Switch configuration avoid relying on what a previous software agent such as a bootloader/firmware may have previously configured. -- set_addr: Some switches require the programming of the management interface's - Ethernet MAC address, switch drivers can also disable ageing of MAC addresses - on the management interface and "hardcode"/"force" this MAC address for the - CPU/management interface as an optimization - PHY devices and link management ------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt b/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt index 057e9fdbfac9..e74d8e1da0e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt @@ -97,6 +97,46 @@ The include/net/mac802154.h defines following functions: - void ieee802154_unregister_hw(struct ieee802154_hw *hw): freeing registered PHY + - void ieee802154_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, + u8 lqi): + telling 802.15.4 module there is a new received frame in the skb with + the RF Link Quality Indicator (LQI) from the hardware device + + - void ieee802154_xmit_complete(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, + bool ifs_handling): + telling 802.15.4 module the frame in the skb is or going to be + transmitted through the hardware device + +The device driver must implement the following callbacks in the IEEE 802.15.4 +operations structure at least: +struct ieee802154_ops { + ... + int (*start)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); + void (*stop)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); + ... + int (*xmit_async)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); + int (*ed)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 *level); + int (*set_channel)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 page, u8 channel); + ... +}; + + - int start(struct ieee802154_hw *hw): + handler that 802.15.4 module calls for the hardware device initialization. + + - void stop(struct ieee802154_hw *hw): + handler that 802.15.4 module calls for the hardware device cleanup. + + - int xmit_async(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb): + handler that 802.15.4 module calls for each frame in the skb going to be + transmitted through the hardware device. + + - int ed(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 *level): + handler that 802.15.4 module calls for Energy Detection from the hardware + device. + + - int set_channel(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 page, u8 channel): + set radio for listening on specific channel of the hardware device. + Moreover IEEE 802.15.4 device operations structure should be filled. Fake drivers diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 46c7e1085efc..3f2c40d8e6aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ tcp_fastopen_blackhole_timeout_sec - INTEGER This time period will grow exponentially when more blackhole issues get detected right after Fastopen is re-enabled and will reset to initial value when the blackhole issue goes away. + 0 to disable the blackhole detection. By default, it is set to 1hr. tcp_syn_retries - INTEGER diff --git a/Documentation/networking/kapi.rst b/Documentation/networking/kapi.rst index 580289f345da..f03ae64be8bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/kapi.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/kapi.rst @@ -145,3 +145,27 @@ PHY Support .. kernel-doc:: drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c :internal: + +PHYLINK +------- + + PHYLINK interfaces traditional network drivers with PHYLIB, fixed-links, + and SFF modules (eg, hot-pluggable SFP) that may contain PHYs. PHYLINK + provides management of the link state and link modes. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/phylink.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/net/phy/phylink.c + +SFP support +----------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/sfp.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c + :export: |