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author | Linus Torvalds | 2020-01-28 16:02:33 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds | 2020-01-28 16:02:33 -0800 |
commit | bd2463ac7d7ec51d432f23bf0e893fb371a908cd (patch) | |
tree | 3da32c23be83adb9d9bda7e51b51fa39f69f2447 /Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst | |
parent | a78208e2436963d0b2c7d186277d6e1a9755029a (diff) | |
parent | f76e4c167ea2212e23c15ee7e601a865e822c291 (diff) |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next
Pull networking updates from David Miller:
1) Add WireGuard
2) Add HE and TWT support to ath11k driver, from John Crispin.
3) Add ESP in TCP encapsulation support, from Sabrina Dubroca.
4) Add variable window congestion control to TIPC, from Jon Maloy.
5) Add BCM84881 PHY driver, from Russell King.
6) Start adding netlink support for ethtool operations, from Michal
Kubecek.
7) Add XDP drop and TX action support to ena driver, from Sameeh
Jubran.
8) Add new ipv4 route notifications so that mlxsw driver does not have
to handle identical routes itself. From Ido Schimmel.
9) Add BPF dynamic program extensions, from Alexei Starovoitov.
10) Support RX and TX timestamping in igc, from Vinicius Costa Gomes.
11) Add support for macsec HW offloading, from Antoine Tenart.
12) Add initial support for MPTCP protocol, from Christoph Paasch,
Matthieu Baerts, Florian Westphal, Peter Krystad, and many others.
13) Add Octeontx2 PF support, from Sunil Goutham, Geetha sowjanya, Linu
Cherian, and others.
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1469 commits)
net: phy: add default ARCH_BCM_IPROC for MDIO_BCM_IPROC
udp: segment looped gso packets correctly
netem: change mailing list
qed: FW 8.42.2.0 debug features
qed: rt init valid initialization changed
qed: Debug feature: ilt and mdump
qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Add fw overlay feature
qed: FW 8.42.2.0 HSI changes
qed: FW 8.42.2.0 iscsi/fcoe changes
qed: Add abstraction for different hsi values per chip
qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Additional ll2 type
qed: Use dmae to write to widebus registers in fw_funcs
qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Parser offsets modified
qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Queue Manager changes
qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Expose new registers and change windows
qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Internal ram offsets modifications
MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Marvell OcteonTX2 Physical Function driver
Documentation: net: octeontx2: Add RVU HW and drivers overview
octeontx2-pf: ethtool RSS config support
octeontx2-pf: Add basic ethtool support
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..629a6e69c036 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +==================== +mlx5 devlink support +==================== + +This document describes the devlink features implemented by the ``mlx5`` +device driver. + +Parameters +========== + +.. list-table:: Generic parameters implemented + + * - Name + - Mode + * - ``enable_roce`` + - driverinit + +The ``mlx5`` driver also implements the following driver-specific +parameters. + +.. list-table:: Driver-specific parameters implemented + :widths: 5 5 5 85 + + * - Name + - Type + - Mode + - Description + * - ``flow_steering_mode`` + - string + - runtime + - Controls the flow steering mode of the driver + + * ``dmfs`` Device managed flow steering. In DMFS mode, the HW + steering entities are created and managed through firmware. + * ``smfs`` Software managed flow steering. In SMFS mode, the HW + steering entities are created and manage through the driver without + firmware intervention. + +The ``mlx5`` driver supports reloading via ``DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD`` + +Info versions +============= + +The ``mlx5`` driver reports the following versions + +.. list-table:: devlink info versions implemented + :widths: 5 5 90 + + * - Name + - Type + - Description + * - ``fw.psid`` + - fixed + - Used to represent the board id of the device. + * - ``fw.version`` + - stored, running + - Three digit major.minor.subminor firmware version number. |