netdev - Re: [PATCH v7 net-next 07/13] net: ethernet: ti: introduce cpsw switchdev based driver part 1

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Date:   Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:12:21 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
        Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>,
        Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 net-next 07/13] net: ethernet: ti: introduce cpsw 
 switchdev based driver part 1 - dual-emac

On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 00:19:19 +0200, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> From: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>
> 
> Part 1:
>  Introduce basic CPSW dual_mac driver (cpsw_new.c) which is operating in
> dual-emac mode by default, thus working as 2 individual network interfaces.
> Main differences from legacy CPSW driver are:
> 
>  - optimized promiscuous mode: The P0_UNI_FLOOD (both ports) is enabled in
> addition to ALLMULTI (current port) instead of ALE_BYPASS. So, Ports in
> promiscuous mode will keep possibility of mcast and vlan filtering, which
> is provides significant benefits when ports are joined to the same bridge,
> but without enabling "switch" mode, or to different bridges.
>  - learning disabled on ports as it make not too much sense for
>    segregated ports - no forwarding in HW.
>  - enabled basic support for devlink.
> 
> 	devlink dev show
> 		platform/48484000.switch
> 
> 	devlink dev param show
> 	 platform/48484000.switch:
> 	name ale_bypass type driver-specific
> 	 values:
> 		cmode runtime value false
> 
>  - "ale_bypass" devlink driver parameter allows to enable
> ALE_CONTROL(4).BYPASS mode for debug purposes.
>  - updated DT bindings.

Could you please add documentation for the devlink parameter under
Documentation/networking/devlink-params-* ?