netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 8/9] ice: document 'shadow-ram' devlink region

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Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:38:33 -0800
From:   Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 8/9] ice: document 'shadow-ram' devlink region

78ad87da9978 ("ice: devlink: add shadow-ram region to snapshot Shadow RAM")
added support for the 'shadow-ram' devlink region, but did not document it
in the ice devlink documentation. Fix this.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
---
New patch, not in v1.

 Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst
index 890062da7820..bcd4839fbf79 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ device data.
     * - ``nvm-flash``
       - The contents of the entire flash chip, sometimes referred to as
         the device's Non Volatile Memory.
+    * - ``shadow-ram``
+      - The contents of the Shadow RAM, which is loaded from the beginning
+        of the flash. Although the contents are primarily from the flash,
+        this area also contains data generated during device boot which is
+        not stored in flash.
     * - ``device-caps``
       - The contents of the device firmware's capabilities buffer. Useful to
         determine the current state and configuration of the device.
-- 
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