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@@ -533,16 +533,12 @@ Bridge VLAN filtering
function that the driver has to call for each VLAN the given port is a member
of. A switchdev object is used to carry the VID and bridge flags.
-- port_fdb_prepare: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge prepares the
- installation of a Forwarding Database entry. If the operation is not
- supported, this function should return -EOPNOTSUPP to inform the bridge code
- to fallback to a software implementation. No hardware setup must be done in
- this function. See port_fdb_add for this and details.
-
- port_fdb_add: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge wants to install a
Forwarding Database entry, the switch hardware should be programmed with the
specified address in the specified VLAN Id in the forwarding database
- associated with this VLAN ID
+ associated with this VLAN ID. If the operation is not supported, this
+ function should return -EOPNOTSUPP to inform the bridge code to fallback to
+ a software implementation.
Note: VLAN ID 0 corresponds to the port private database, which, in the context
of DSA, would be the its port-based VLAN, used by the associated bridge device.