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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