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 14:04:35 -0800
From:	"Shmulik Ravid - Rabinovitz" <shmulikr@...adcom.com>
To:	"Ben Hutchings" <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
cc:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"John Fastabend" <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next-2.6 1/2] dcbnl: add support for retrieving
 peer configuration - ieee



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:bhutchings@...arflare.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:43 PM
> To: Shmulik Ravid - Rabinovitz
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; John Fastabend; Eilon Greenstein;
> 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.
> 
OK thanks, I'll fix this

Shmulik