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net/mlx5: Bridge, correct config option description
authorCosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:41:08 +0000 (13:41 +0200)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 01:36:08 +0000 (17:36 -0800)
The implication of the previous help text was that without this option
enabled, representor devices couldn't be added to a bridge device, while
in fact that was possible, just that rules didn't get offloaded to hw.

This commit clarifies the help text.

Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250219114112.403808-2-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig

index ea6070180c96b7c9f3cd0970d7d720817102497f..bf4015a12b41077aa153e682fb8ae38e06879c40 100644 (file)
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ config MLX5_BRIDGE
        default y
        help
          mlx5 ConnectX offloads support for Ethernet Bridging (BRIDGE).
-         Enable adding representors of mlx5 uplink and VF ports to Bridge and
-         offloading rules for traffic between such ports. Supports VLANs (trunk and
+         Enable offloading FDB rules from a bridge device containing
+         representors of mlx5 uplink and VF ports. Supports VLANs (trunk and
          access modes).
 
 config MLX5_CLS_ACT