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/switchdev/Makefile b/net/switchdev/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ed63ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/switchdev/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#
+# Makefile for the Switch device API
+#
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV) += switchdev.o