netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 1/2] dcbnl: add support for retrieving peer configuration

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Date:	Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:42:39 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Shmulik Ravid <shmulikr@...adcom.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 1/2] dcbnl: add support for retrieving
 peer configuration - ieee

On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 23:03 +0200, Shmulik Ravid wrote:
> These 2 patches add the support for retrieving the remote or peer DCBX
> configuration via dcbnl for embedded DCBX stacks. The peer configuration
> is part of the DCBX MIB and is useful for debugging and diagnostics of
> the overall DCB configuration. The first patch add this support for IEEE
> 802.1Qaz standard the second patch add the same support for the older
> CEE standard. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ravid <shmulikr@...adcom.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/dcbnl.h |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/net/dcbnl.h   |    5 +++
>  net/dcb/dcbnl.c       |   71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/dcbnl.h b/include/linux/dcbnl.h
> index 4c5b26e..3102185 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dcbnl.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dcbnl.h
> @@ -110,6 +110,22 @@ struct dcb_app {
>  	__u16	protocol;
>  };
>  
> +/* This structure contains the APP feature information sent by the peer.
> + * It is used for both the IEEE 802.1Qaz and the CEE flavors.
> + *
> + * @willing: willing bit in the peer APP tlv
> + * @error: error bit in the peer APP tlv
> + * @app_count: The number of objects in the peer APP table.
[...]

It looks like this was supposed to be a kernel-doc comment, but it's not
valid as such unless you start with:

    /**
     * struct dcb_peer_app_info - one-line description here

Ben.

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