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authorIdo Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>2021-10-06 13:46:42 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2021-10-06 17:47:49 -0700
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ethtool: Add ability to control transceiver modules' power mode
Add a pair of new ethtool messages, 'ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_SET' and 'ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_GET', that can be used to control transceiver modules parameters and retrieve their status. The first parameter to control is the power mode of the module. It is only relevant for paged memory modules, as flat memory modules always operate in low power mode. When a paged memory module is in low power mode, its power consumption is reduced to the minimum, the management interface towards the host is available and the data path is deactivated. User space can choose to put modules that are not currently in use in low power mode and transition them to high power mode before putting the associated ports administratively up. This is useful for user space that favors reduced power consumption and lower temperatures over reduced link up times. In QSFP-DD modules the transition from low power mode to high power mode can take a few seconds and this transition is only expected to get longer with future / more complex modules. User space can control the power mode of the module via the power mode policy attribute ('ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_POWER_MODE_POLICY'). Possible values: * high: Module is always in high power mode. * auto: Module is transitioned by the host to high power mode when the first port using it is put administratively up and to low power mode when the last port using it is put administratively down. The operational power mode of the module is available to user space via the 'ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_POWER_MODE' attribute. The attribute is not reported to user space when a module is not plugged-in. The user API is designed to be generic enough so that it could be used for modules with different memory maps (e.g., SFF-8636, CMIS). The only implementation of the device driver API in this series is for a MAC driver (mlxsw) where the module is controlled by the device's firmware, but it is designed to be generic enough so that it could also be used by implementations where the module is controlled by the CPU. CMIS testing ============ # ethtool -m swp11 Identifier : 0x18 (QSFP-DD Double Density 8X Pluggable Transceiver (INF-8628)) ... Module State : 0x03 (ModuleReady) LowPwrAllowRequestHW : Off LowPwrRequestSW : Off The module is not in low power mode, as it is not forced by hardware (LowPwrAllowRequestHW is off) or by software (LowPwrRequestSW is off). The power mode can be queried from the kernel. In case LowPwrAllowRequestHW was on, the kernel would need to take into account the state of the LowPwrRequestHW signal, which is not visible to user space. $ ethtool --show-module swp11 Module parameters for swp11: power-mode-policy high power-mode high Change the power mode policy to 'auto': # ethtool --set-module swp11 power-mode-policy auto Query the power mode again: $ ethtool --show-module swp11 Module parameters for swp11: power-mode-policy auto power-mode low Verify with the data read from the EEPROM: # ethtool -m swp11 Identifier : 0x18 (QSFP-DD Double Density 8X Pluggable Transceiver (INF-8628)) ... Module State : 0x01 (ModuleLowPwr) LowPwrAllowRequestHW : Off LowPwrRequestSW : On Put the associated port administratively up which will instruct the host to transition the module to high power mode: # ip link set dev swp11 up Query the power mode again: $ ethtool --show-module swp11 Module parameters for swp11: power-mode-policy auto power-mode high Verify with the data read from the EEPROM: # ethtool -m swp11 Identifier : 0x18 (QSFP-DD Double Density 8X Pluggable Transceiver (INF-8628)) ... Module State : 0x03 (ModuleReady) LowPwrAllowRequestHW : Off LowPwrRequestSW : Off Put the associated port administratively down which will instruct the host to transition the module to low power mode: # ip link set dev swp11 down Query the power mode again: $ ethtool --show-module swp11 Module parameters for swp11: power-mode-policy auto power-mode low Verify with the data read from the EEPROM: # ethtool -m swp11 Identifier : 0x18 (QSFP-DD Double Density 8X Pluggable Transceiver (INF-8628)) ... Module State : 0x01 (ModuleLowPwr) LowPwrAllowRequestHW : Off LowPwrRequestSW : On SFF-8636 testing ================ # ethtool -m swp13 Identifier : 0x11 (QSFP28) ... Extended identifier description : 5.0W max. Power consumption, High Power Class (> 3.5 W) enabled Power set : Off Power override : On ... Transmit avg optical power (Channel 1) : 0.7733 mW / -1.12 dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 2) : 0.7649 mW / -1.16 dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 3) : 0.7790 mW / -1.08 dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 4) : 0.7837 mW / -1.06 dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 1) : 0.9302 mW / -0.31 dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 2) : 0.9079 mW / -0.42 dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 3) : 0.8993 mW / -0.46 dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 4) : 0.8778 mW / -0.57 dBm The module is not in low power mode, as it is not forced by hardware (Power override is on) or by software (Power set is off). The power mode can be queried from the kernel. In case Power override was off, the kernel would need to take into account the state of the LPMode signal, which is not visible to user space. $ ethtool --show-module swp13 Module parameters for swp13: power-mode-policy high power-mode high Change the power mode policy to 'auto': # ethtool --set-module swp13 power-mode-policy auto Query the power mode again: $ ethtool --show-module swp13 Module parameters for swp13: power-mode-policy auto power-mode low Verify with the data read from the EEPROM: # ethtool -m swp13 Identifier : 0x11 (QSFP28) Extended identifier description : 5.0W max. Power consumption, High Power Class (> 3.5 W) not enabled Power set : On Power override : On ... Transmit avg optical power (Channel 1) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 2) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 3) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 4) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 1) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 2) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 3) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 4) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Put the associated port administratively up which will instruct the host to transition the module to high power mode: # ip link set dev swp13 up Query the power mode again: $ ethtool --show-module swp13 Module parameters for swp13: power-mode-policy auto power-mode high Verify with the data read from the EEPROM: # ethtool -m swp13 Identifier : 0x11 (QSFP28) ... Extended identifier description : 5.0W max. Power consumption, High Power Class (> 3.5 W) enabled Power set : Off Power override : On ... Transmit avg optical power (Channel 1) : 0.7934 mW / -1.01 dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 2) : 0.7859 mW / -1.05 dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 3) : 0.7885 mW / -1.03 dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 4) : 0.7985 mW / -0.98 dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 1) : 0.9325 mW / -0.30 dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 2) : 0.9034 mW / -0.44 dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 3) : 0.9086 mW / -0.42 dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 4) : 0.8885 mW / -0.51 dBm Put the associated port administratively down which will instruct the host to transition the module to low power mode: # ip link set dev swp13 down Query the power mode again: $ ethtool --show-module swp13 Module parameters for swp13: power-mode-policy auto power-mode low Verify with the data read from the EEPROM: # ethtool -m swp13 Identifier : 0x11 (QSFP28) ... Extended identifier description : 5.0W max. Power consumption, High Power Class (> 3.5 W) not enabled Power set : On Power override : On ... Transmit avg optical power (Channel 1) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 2) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 3) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Transmit avg optical power (Channel 4) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 1) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 2) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 3) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Rcvr signal avg optical power(Channel 4) : 0.0000 mW / -inf dBm Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index b6db6590baf0..6de61d53ca5d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -707,6 +707,29 @@ enum ethtool_stringset {
};
/**
+ * enum ethtool_module_power_mode_policy - plug-in module power mode policy
+ * @ETHTOOL_MODULE_POWER_MODE_POLICY_HIGH: Module is always in high power mode.
+ * @ETHTOOL_MODULE_POWER_MODE_POLICY_AUTO: Module is transitioned by the host
+ * to high power mode when the first port using it is put administratively
+ * up and to low power mode when the last port using it is put
+ * administratively down.
+ */
+enum ethtool_module_power_mode_policy {
+ ETHTOOL_MODULE_POWER_MODE_POLICY_HIGH = 1,
+ ETHTOOL_MODULE_POWER_MODE_POLICY_AUTO,
+};
+
+/**
+ * enum ethtool_module_power_mode - plug-in module power mode
+ * @ETHTOOL_MODULE_POWER_MODE_LOW: Module is in low power mode.
+ * @ETHTOOL_MODULE_POWER_MODE_HIGH: Module is in high power mode.
+ */
+enum ethtool_module_power_mode {
+ ETHTOOL_MODULE_POWER_MODE_LOW = 1,
+ ETHTOOL_MODULE_POWER_MODE_HIGH,
+};
+
+/**
* struct ethtool_gstrings - string set for data tagging
* @cmd: Command number = %ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS
* @string_set: String set ID; one of &enum ethtool_stringset