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authorYi Zou <yi.zou@intel.com>2011-03-09 08:48:03 +0000
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2011-03-11 01:17:50 -0800
commite9bce845c0cee1a492e5cee6a827ae71140fe8b3 (patch)
tree57cfe50f8aa501062ecb7cca694a74eba4797efa /include/linux/netdevice.h
parente2444d92083cc1ceb07487425897d6d51a13e9dd (diff)
net: add proper documentation for previously added net_device_ops for FCoE
Add proper documentation for previously added net_device_ops ops for FCoE. Signed-off-by: Yi Zou <yi.zou@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 7a071535c4c0..604dbf5051d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -777,6 +777,42 @@ struct netdev_tc_txq {
* queues stopped. This allows the netdevice to perform queue management
* safely.
*
+ * Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) offload functions.
+ * int (*ndo_fcoe_enable)(struct net_device *dev);
+ * Called when the FCoE protocol stack wants to start using LLD for FCoE
+ * so the underlying device can perform whatever needed configuration or
+ * initialization to support acceleration of FCoE traffic.
+ *
+ * int (*ndo_fcoe_disable)(struct net_device *dev);
+ * Called when the FCoE protocol stack wants to stop using LLD for FCoE
+ * so the underlying device can perform whatever needed clean-ups to
+ * stop supporting acceleration of FCoE traffic.
+ *
+ * int (*ndo_fcoe_ddp_setup)(struct net_device *dev, u16 xid,
+ * struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int sgc);
+ * Called when the FCoE Initiator wants to initialize an I/O that
+ * is a possible candidate for Direct Data Placement (DDP). The LLD can
+ * perform necessary setup and returns 1 to indicate the device is set up
+ * successfully to perform DDP on this I/O, otherwise this returns 0.
+ *
+ * int (*ndo_fcoe_ddp_done)(struct net_device *dev, u16 xid);
+ * Called when the FCoE Initiator/Target is done with the DDPed I/O as
+ * indicated by the FC exchange id 'xid', so the underlying device can
+ * clean up and reuse resources for later DDP requests.
+ *
+ * int (*ndo_fcoe_ddp_target)(struct net_device *dev, u16 xid,
+ * struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int sgc);
+ * Called when the FCoE Target wants to initialize an I/O that
+ * is a possible candidate for Direct Data Placement (DDP). The LLD can
+ * perform necessary setup and returns 1 to indicate the device is set up
+ * successfully to perform DDP on this I/O, otherwise this returns 0.
+ *
+ * int (*ndo_fcoe_get_wwn)(struct net_device *dev, u64 *wwn, int type);
+ * Called when the underlying device wants to override default World Wide
+ * Name (WWN) generation mechanism in FCoE protocol stack to pass its own
+ * World Wide Port Name (WWPN) or World Wide Node Name (WWNN) to the FCoE
+ * protocol stack to use.
+ *
* RFS acceleration.
* int (*ndo_rx_flow_steer)(struct net_device *dev, const struct sk_buff *skb,
* u16 rxq_index, u32 flow_id);