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 <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Graf <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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Jiri Pirko 2014-11-28 14:34:17 +01:00 • committed by David S. Miller
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@ -73,3 +73,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_OPENVSWITCH) += openvswitch/
obj-$(CONFIG_VSOCKETS) += vmw_vsock/
obj-$(CONFIG_NET_MPLS_GSO) += mpls/
obj-$(CONFIG_HSR) += hsr/
ifneq ($(CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV),)
obj-y += switchdev/
endif