Add description of netlink-raw specific attributes to the ynl spec
documentation and refer to the classic netlink documentation.
Signed-off-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/intro.rst | 2 ++
Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/specs.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/intro.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/intro.rst
index 0955e9f203d3..3ea70ad53c58 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/intro.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/intro.rst
@@ -528,6 +528,8 @@ families may, however, require a larger buffer. 32kB buffer is recommended
for most efficient handling of dumps (larger buffer fits more dumped
objects and therefore fewer recvmsg() calls are needed).
+.. _classic_netlink:
+
Classic Netlink
===============
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/specs.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/specs.rst
index dde70f9674d4..98978a014488 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/specs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/specs.rst
@@ -490,3 +490,20 @@ struct data.
- ``fixed-header`` - name of the struct definition to be used for the fixed
header data. This can be specified as a default for all operations and on a
per-operation basis.
+
+netlink-raw
+===========
+
+The netlink-raw schema extends the genetlink-legacy schema with properties that
+are needed to specify the protocol numbers and multicast IDs used by raw netlink
+families. See :ref:`classic_netlink` for more information.
+
+Globals
+-------
+
+ - ``protonum`` - Protocol number to use when opening a netlink socket.
+
+Multicast group properties
+--------------------------
+
+ - ``value`` - ID to use for multicast group registration.
--
2.41.0
