net: introduce generic switch devices support
The goal of this is to provide a possibility to support various switch
chips. Drivers should implement relevant ndos to do so. Now there is
only one ndo defined:
- for getting physical switch id is in place.
Note that user can use random port netdevice to access the switch.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/Makefile b/net/Makefile
index 7ed1970..95fc694 100644
--- a/net/Makefile
+++ b/net/Makefile
@@ -73,3 +73,6 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_VSOCKETS) += vmw_vsock/
obj-$(CONFIG_NET_MPLS_GSO) += mpls/
obj-$(CONFIG_HSR) += hsr/
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV),)
+obj-y += switchdev/
+endif