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Documentation: net: dsa: mention availability of RedBox 

Since commit 5055cccfc2 ("net: hsr: Provide RedBox support
(HSR-SAN)"), RedBox is available (including for offload in DSA).

Update the DSA documentation that states it isn't.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251130131657.65080-15-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Vladimir Oltean 2025-11-30 15:16:56 +02:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
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@ -1104,12 +1104,11 @@ health of the network and for discovery of other nodes.
In Linux, both HSR and PRP are implemented in the hsr driver, which In Linux, both HSR and PRP are implemented in the hsr driver, which
instantiates a virtual, stackable network interface with two member ports. instantiates a virtual, stackable network interface with two member ports.
The driver only implements the basic roles of DANH (Doubly Attached Node The driver only implements the basic roles of DANH (Doubly Attached Node
implementing HSR) and DANP (Doubly Attached Node implementing PRP); the roles implementing HSR), DANP (Doubly Attached Node implementing PRP) and RedBox
of RedBox and QuadBox are not implemented (therefore, bridging a hsr network (allows non-HSR devices to connect to the ring via Interlink ports).
interface with a physical switch port does not produce the expected result).
A driver which is able of offloading certain functions of a DANP or DANH should A driver which is able of offloading certain functions should declare the
declare the corresponding netdev features as indicated by the documentation at corresponding netdev features as indicated by the documentation at
``Documentation/networking/netdev-features.rst``. Additionally, the following ``Documentation/networking/netdev-features.rst``. Additionally, the following
methods must be implemented: methods must be implemented: