Re: [RFC net-next 15/15] Documentation: networking: add ipxlat translator guide
From: Ralf Lici
Date: Tue Mar 24 2026 - 06:11:16 EST
On 3/19/26 23:11, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Ralf Lici <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> From: Daniel Gröber <dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Add user and reviewer documentation for the ipxlat virtual netdevice in
>> Documentation/networking/ipxlat.rst.
>>
>> The document describes the datapath model, stateless IPv4/IPv6 address
>> translation rules, ICMP handling, control-plane configuration, and test
>> topology assumptions. It also records the intended runtime configuration
>> contract and current behavior limits so deployment expectations are
>> clear.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Gröber <dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Ralf Lici <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/networking/ipxlat.rst | 190 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 190 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/ipxlat.rst
>
> You need to add this new file to Documentation/networking/index.rst or
> it won't be included in the build (and you'll get a warning).
>
> Thanks,
>
> jon
Hi Jon,
Thanks for the heads-up.
I’ve fixed this for the next revision. While rechecking with 'make
SPHINXDIRS=networking htmldocs', I also found and fixed a couple of
'ipxlat.rst' issues reported by Sphinx.
Thanks,
--
Ralf Lici
Mandelbit Srl