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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst index 40b82ad5d54a..70a77387f6c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst @@ -11,6 +11,20 @@ the ``genetlink-legacy`` protocol level. Specification ============= +Globals +------- + +Attributes listed directly at the root level of the spec file. + +version +~~~~~~~ + +Generic Netlink family version, default is 1. + +``version`` has historically been used to introduce family changes +which may break backwards compatibility. Since compatibility breaking changes +are generally not allowed ``version`` is very rarely used. + Attribute type nests -------------------- @@ -168,7 +182,7 @@ members - ``name`` - The attribute name of the struct member - ``type`` - One of the scalar types ``u8``, ``u16``, ``u32``, ``u64``, ``s8``, - ``s16``, ``s32``, ``s64``, ``string`` or ``binary``. + ``s16``, ``s32``, ``s64``, ``string``, ``binary`` or ``bitfield32``. - ``byte-order`` - ``big-endian`` or ``little-endian`` - ``doc``, ``enum``, ``enum-as-flags``, ``display-hint`` - Same as for :ref:`attribute definitions <attribute_properties>` |