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Message-Id: <20251130131657.65080-15-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:16:56 +0200
From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 14/15] Documentation: net: dsa: mention availability of RedBox

Since commit 5055cccfc2d1 ("net: hsr: Provide RedBox support
(HSR-SAN)"), RedBox is available (including for offload in DSA).

Update the DSA documentation that states it isn't.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
---
 Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
index 7b2e69cd7ef0..89dc15bcf271 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
@@ -1104,12 +1104,11 @@ health of the network and for discovery of other nodes.
 In Linux, both HSR and PRP are implemented in the hsr driver, which
 instantiates a virtual, stackable network interface with two member ports.
 The driver only implements the basic roles of DANH (Doubly Attached Node
-implementing HSR) and DANP (Doubly Attached Node implementing PRP); the roles
-of RedBox and QuadBox are not implemented (therefore, bridging a hsr network
-interface with a physical switch port does not produce the expected result).
+implementing HSR), DANP (Doubly Attached Node implementing PRP) and RedBox
+(allows non-HSR devices to connect to the ring via Interlink ports).
 
-A driver which is able of offloading certain functions of a DANP or DANH should
-declare the corresponding netdev features as indicated by the documentation at
+A driver which is able of offloading certain functions of should declare the
+corresponding netdev features as indicated by the documentation at
 ``Documentation/networking/netdev-features.rst``. Additionally, the following
 methods must be implemented:
 
-- 
2.34.1