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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..da2f85c0fa21 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============== +Devlink Params +============== + +``devlink`` provides capability for a driver to expose device parameters for low +level device functionality. Since devlink can operate at the device-wide +level, it can be used to provide configuration that may affect multiple +ports on a single device. + +This document describes a number of generic parameters that are supported +across multiple drivers. Each driver is also free to add their own +parameters. Each driver must document the specific parameters they support, +whether generic or not. + +Configuration modes +=================== + +Parameters may be set in different configuration modes. + +.. list-table:: Possible configuration modes + :widths: 5 90 + + * - Name + - Description + * - ``runtime`` + - set while the driver is running, and takes effect immediately. No + reset is required. + * - ``driverinit`` + - applied while the driver initializes. Requires the user to restart + the driver using the ``devlink`` reload command. + * - ``permanent`` + - written to the device's non-volatile memory. A hard reset is required + for it to take effect. + +Reloading +--------- + +In order for ``driverinit`` parameters to take effect, the driver must +support reloading via the ``devlink-reload`` command. This command will +request a reload of the device driver. + +Generic configuration parameters +================================ +The following is a list of generic configuration parameters that drivers may +add. Use of generic parameters is preferred over each driver creating their +own name. + +.. list-table:: List of generic parameters + :widths: 5 5 90 + + * - Name + - Type + - Description + * - ``enable_sriov`` + - Boolean + - Enable Single Root I/O Virtualization (SRIOV) in the device. + * - ``ignore_ari`` + - Boolean + - Ignore Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI) capability. If + enabled, the adapter will ignore ARI capability even when the + platform has support enabled. The device will create the same number + of partitions as when the platform does not support ARI. + * - ``msix_vec_per_pf_max`` + - u32 + - Provides the maximum number of MSI-X interrupts that a device can + create. Value is the same across all physical functions (PFs) in the + device. + * - ``msix_vec_per_pf_min`` + - u32 + - Provides the minimum number of MSI-X interrupts required for the + device to initialize. Value is the same across all physical functions + (PFs) in the device. + * - ``fw_load_policy`` + - u8 + - Control the device's firmware loading policy. + - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_DRIVER`` (0) + Load firmware version preferred by the driver. + - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_FLASH`` (1) + Load firmware currently stored in flash. + - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_DISK`` (2) + Load firmware currently available on host's disk. + * - ``reset_dev_on_drv_probe`` + - u8 + - Controls the device's reset policy on driver probe. + - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_RESET_DEV_ON_DRV_PROBE_VALUE_UNKNOWN`` (0) + Unknown or invalid value. + - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_RESET_DEV_ON_DRV_PROBE_VALUE_ALWAYS`` (1) + Always reset device on driver probe. + - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_RESET_DEV_ON_DRV_PROBE_VALUE_NEVER`` (2) + Never reset device on driver probe. + - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_RESET_DEV_ON_DRV_PROBE_VALUE_DISK`` (3) + Reset the device only if firmware can be found in the filesystem. + * - ``enable_roce`` + - Boolean + - Enable handling of RoCE traffic in the device. + * - ``internal_err_reset`` + - Boolean + - When enabled, the device driver will reset the device on internal + errors. + * - ``max_macs`` + - u32 + - Specifies the maximum number of MAC addresses per ethernet port of + this device. + * - ``region_snapshot_enable`` + - Boolean + - Enable capture of ``devlink-region`` snapshots. |