netdev - [PATCH net v2 1/3] Documentation: networking: dsa: Remove poll

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2016 21:26:39 -0700
From:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com,
	andrew@...n.ch, idosch@...lanox.com,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2 1/3] Documentation: networking: dsa: Remove poll_link description

This function has been removed in 4baee937b8d5 ("net: dsa: remove DSA
link polling") in favor of using the PHYLIB polling mechanism.

Reviewed-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
index 631b0f7ae16f..8303eb8ced79 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
@@ -416,11 +416,6 @@ PHY devices and link management
   to the switch port MDIO registers. If unavailable return a negative error
   code.
 
-- poll_link: Function invoked by DSA to query the link state of the switch
-  builtin Ethernet PHYs, per port. This function is responsible for calling
-  netif_carrier_{on,off} when appropriate, and can be used to poll all ports in a
-  single call. Executes from workqueue context.
-
 - adjust_link: Function invoked by the PHY library when a slave network device
   is attached to a PHY device. This function is responsible for appropriately
   configuring the switch port link parameters: speed, duplex, pause based on
-- 
2.7.4