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docs: netlink: clean up after deprecating version

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Jiri moved version to legacy specs in commit 0f07415ebb ("netlink:
specs: don't allow version to be specified for genetlink").
Update the documentation.

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231016214540.1822392-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Jakub Kicinski
2023-10-16 14:45:40 -07:00
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Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst
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@@ -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
--------------------

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Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/specs.rst
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@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ name
Name of the family. Name identifies the family in a unique way, since
the Family IDs are allocated dynamically.
version
~~~~~~~
Generic Netlink family version, default is 1.
protocol
~~~~~~~~