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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-dsa7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,unimac-mdio.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/lantiq-gswip.txt143
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/lantiq,xrx200-net.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-pp2.txt45
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mscc-phy-vsc8531.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/fsl/cpm_qe/network.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/00-INDEX6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/dpaa2/ethernet-driver.rst185
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/dpaa2/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/iavf.txt (renamed from Documentation/networking/i40evf.txt)16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/netvsc.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/tcp.txt101
15 files changed, 429 insertions, 140 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
index 2f1788111cd9..e2e0fe553ad8 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Description:
full: full duplex
Note: This attribute is only valid for interfaces that implement
- the ethtool get_settings method (mostly Ethernet).
+ the ethtool get_link_ksettings method (mostly Ethernet).
What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/flags
Date: April 2005
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Description:
an integer representing the link speed in Mbits/sec.
Note: this attribute is only valid for interfaces that implement
- the ethtool get_settings method (mostly Ethernet ).
+ the ethtool get_link_ksettings method (mostly Ethernet).
What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/tx_queue_len
Date: April 2005
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-dsa b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-dsa
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f240221e071e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-dsa
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/tagging
+Date: August 2018
+KernelVersion: 4.20
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ String indicating the type of tagging protocol used by the
+ DSA slave network device.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,unimac-mdio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,unimac-mdio.txt
index 4648948f7c3b..e15589f47787 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,unimac-mdio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,unimac-mdio.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Optional properties:
- interrupt-names: must be "mdio_done_error" when there is a share interrupt fed
to this hardware block, or must be "mdio_done" for the first interrupt and
"mdio_error" for the second when there are separate interrupts
+- clocks: A reference to the clock supplying the MDIO bus controller
+- clock-frequency: the MDIO bus clock that must be output by the MDIO bus
+ hardware, if absent, the default hardware values are used
Child nodes of this MDIO bus controller node are standard Ethernet PHY device
nodes as described in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/lantiq-gswip.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/lantiq-gswip.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..886cbe8ffb38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/lantiq-gswip.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+Lantiq GSWIP Ethernet switches
+==================================
+
+Required properties for GSWIP core:
+
+- compatible : "lantiq,xrx200-gswip" for the embedded GSWIP in the
+ xRX200 SoC
+- reg : memory range of the GSWIP core registers
+ : memory range of the GSWIP MDIO registers
+ : memory range of the GSWIP MII registers
+
+See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.txt for a list of
+additional required and optional properties.
+
+
+Required properties for MDIO bus:
+- compatible : "lantiq,xrx200-mdio" for the MDIO bus inside the GSWIP
+ core of the xRX200 SoC and the PHYs connected to it.
+
+See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio.txt for a list of additional
+required and optional properties.
+
+
+Required properties for GPHY firmware loading:
+- compatible : "lantiq,xrx200-gphy-fw", "lantiq,gphy-fw"
+ "lantiq,xrx300-gphy-fw", "lantiq,gphy-fw"
+ "lantiq,xrx330-gphy-fw", "lantiq,gphy-fw"
+ for the loading of the firmware into the embedded
+ GPHY core of the SoC.
+- lantiq,rcu : reference to the rcu syscon
+
+The GPHY firmware loader has a list of GPHY entries, one for each
+embedded GPHY
+
+- reg : Offset of the GPHY firmware register in the RCU
+ register range
+- resets : list of resets of the embedded GPHY
+- reset-names : list of names of the resets
+
+Example:
+
+Ethernet switch on the VRX200 SoC:
+
+switch@e108000 {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+ compatible = "lantiq,xrx200-gswip";
+ reg = < 0xe108000 0x3100 /* switch */
+ 0xe10b100 0xd8 /* mdio */
+ 0xe10b1d8 0x130 /* mii */
+ >;
+ dsa,member = <0 0>;
+
+ ports {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ port@0 {
+ reg = <0>;
+ label = "lan3";
+ phy-mode = "rgmii";
+ phy-handle = <&phy0>;
+ };
+
+ port@1 {
+ reg = <1>;
+ label = "lan4";
+ phy-mode = "rgmii";
+ phy-handle = <&phy1>;
+ };
+
+ port@2 {
+ reg = <2>;
+ label = "lan2";
+ phy-mode = "internal";
+ phy-handle = <&phy11>;
+ };
+
+ port@4 {
+ reg = <4>;
+ label = "lan1";
+ phy-mode = "internal";
+ phy-handle = <&phy13>;
+ };
+
+ port@5 {
+ reg = <5>;
+ label = "wan";
+ phy-mode = "rgmii";
+ phy-handle = <&phy5>;
+ };
+
+ port@6 {
+ reg = <0x6>;
+ label = "cpu";
+ ethernet = <&eth0>;
+ };
+ };
+
+ mdio {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+ compatible = "lantiq,xrx200-mdio";
+ reg = <0>;
+
+ phy0: ethernet-phy@0 {
+ reg = <0x0>;
+ };
+ phy1: ethernet-phy@1 {
+ reg = <0x1>;
+ };
+ phy5: ethernet-phy@5 {
+ reg = <0x5>;
+ };
+ phy11: ethernet-phy@11 {
+ reg = <0x11>;
+ };
+ phy13: ethernet-phy@13 {
+ reg = <0x13>;
+ };
+ };
+
+ gphy-fw {
+ compatible = "lantiq,xrx200-gphy-fw", "lantiq,gphy-fw";
+ lantiq,rcu = <&rcu0>;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ gphy@20 {
+ reg = <0x20>;
+
+ resets = <&reset0 31 30>;
+ reset-names = "gphy";
+ };
+
+ gphy@68 {
+ reg = <0x68>;
+
+ resets = <&reset0 29 28>;
+ reset-names = "gphy";
+ };
+ };
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/lantiq,xrx200-net.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/lantiq,xrx200-net.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ff5e68bbbb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/lantiq,xrx200-net.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Lantiq xRX200 GSWIP PMAC Ethernet driver
+==================================
+
+Required properties:
+
+- compatible : "lantiq,xrx200-net" for the PMAC of the embedded
+ : GSWIP in the xXR200
+- reg : memory range of the PMAC core inside of the GSWIP core
+- interrupts : TX and RX DMA interrupts. Use interrupt-names "tx" for
+ : the TX interrupt and "rx" for the RX interrupt.
+
+Example:
+
+ethernet@e10b308 {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+ compatible = "lantiq,xrx200-net";
+ reg = <0xe10b308 0xcf8>;
+ interrupts = <73>, <72>;
+ interrupt-names = "tx", "rx";
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-pp2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-pp2.txt
index fc019df0d863..b78397669320 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-pp2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-pp2.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ required.
Required properties (port):
-- interrupts: interrupt for the port
+- interrupts: interrupt(s) for the port
- port-id: ID of the port from the MAC point of view
- gop-port-id: only for marvell,armada-7k-pp2, ID of the port from the
GOP (Group Of Ports) point of view. This ID is used to index the
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ Optional properties (port):
- marvell,loopback: port is loopback mode
- phy: a phandle to a phy node defining the PHY address (as the reg
property, a single integer).
-- interrupt-names: if more than a single interrupt for rx is given, must
- be the name associated to the interrupts listed. Valid
- names are: "tx-cpu0", "tx-cpu1", "tx-cpu2", "tx-cpu3",
- "rx-shared", "link".
+- interrupt-names: if more than a single interrupt for is given, must be the
+ name associated to the interrupts listed. Valid names are:
+ "hifX", with X in [0..8], and "link". The names "tx-cpu0",
+ "tx-cpu1", "tx-cpu2", "tx-cpu3" and "rx-shared" are supported
+ for backward compatibility but shouldn't be used for new
+ additions.
- marvell,system-controller: a phandle to the system controller.
Example for marvell,armada-375-pp2:
@@ -89,9 +91,14 @@ cpm_ethernet: ethernet@0 {
<ICU_GRP_NSR 43 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
<ICU_GRP_NSR 47 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
<ICU_GRP_NSR 51 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
- <ICU_GRP_NSR 55 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
- interrupt-names = "tx-cpu0", "tx-cpu1", "tx-cpu2",
- "tx-cpu3", "rx-shared";
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 55 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 59 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 63 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 67 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 71 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 129 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+ interrupt-names = "hif0", "hif1", "hif2", "hif3", "hif4",
+ "hif5", "hif6", "hif7", "hif8", "link";
port-id = <0>;
gop-port-id = <0>;
};
@@ -101,9 +108,14 @@ cpm_ethernet: ethernet@0 {
<ICU_GRP_NSR 44 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
<ICU_GRP_NSR 48 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
<ICU_GRP_NSR 52 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
- <ICU_GRP_NSR 56 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
- interrupt-names = "tx-cpu0", "tx-cpu1", "tx-cpu2",
- "tx-cpu3", "rx-shared";
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 56 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 60 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 64 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 68 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 72 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 128 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+ interrupt-names = "hif0", "hif1", "hif2", "hif3", "hif4",
+ "hif5", "hif6", "hif7", "hif8", "link";
port-id = <1>;
gop-port-id = <2>;
};
@@ -113,9 +125,14 @@ cpm_ethernet: ethernet@0 {
<ICU_GRP_NSR 45 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
<ICU_GRP_NSR 49 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
<ICU_GRP_NSR 53 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
- <ICU_GRP_NSR 57 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
- interrupt-names = "tx-cpu0", "tx-cpu1", "tx-cpu2",
- "tx-cpu3", "rx-shared";
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 57 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 61 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 65 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 69 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 73 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
+ <ICU_GRP_NSR 127 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+ interrupt-names = "hif0", "hif1", "hif2", "hif3", "hif4",
+ "hif5", "hif6", "hif7", "hif8", "link";
port-id = <2>;
gop-port-id = <3>;
};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mscc-phy-vsc8531.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mscc-phy-vsc8531.txt
index 0eedabe22cc3..5ff37c68c941 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mscc-phy-vsc8531.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mscc-phy-vsc8531.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
* Microsemi - vsc8531 Giga bit ethernet phy
-Required properties:
-- compatible : Should contain phy id as "ethernet-phy-idAAAA.BBBB"
- The PHY device uses the binding described in
- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt
-
Optional properties:
- vsc8531,vddmac : The vddmac in mV. Allowed values is listed
in the first row of Table 1 (below).
@@ -27,14 +22,16 @@ Optional properties:
'vddmac'.
Default value is 0%.
Ref: Table:1 - Edge rate change (below).
-- vsc8531,led-0-mode : LED mode. Specify how the LED[0] should behave.
- Allowed values are define in
- "include/dt-bindings/net/mscc-phy-vsc8531.h".
- Default value is VSC8531_LINK_1000_ACTIVITY (1).
-- vsc8531,led-1-mode : LED mode. Specify how the LED[1] should behave.
- Allowed values are define in
+- vsc8531,led-[N]-mode : LED mode. Specify how the LED[N] should behave.
+ N depends on the number of LEDs supported by a
+ PHY.
+ Allowed values are defined in
"include/dt-bindings/net/mscc-phy-vsc8531.h".
- Default value is VSC8531_LINK_100_ACTIVITY (2).
+ Default values are VSC8531_LINK_1000_ACTIVITY (1),
+ VSC8531_LINK_100_ACTIVITY (2),
+ VSC8531_LINK_ACTIVITY (0) and
+ VSC8531_DUPLEX_COLLISION (8).
+
Table: 1 - Edge rate change
----------------------------------------------------------------|
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt
index da249b7c406c..3530256a879c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ interface contains.
Required properties:
- compatible: Must contain one or more of the following:
- "renesas,etheravb-r8a7743" for the R8A7743 SoC.
+ - "renesas,etheravb-r8a7744" for the R8A7744 SoC.
- "renesas,etheravb-r8a7745" for the R8A7745 SoC.
- "renesas,etheravb-r8a77470" for the R8A77470 SoC.
- "renesas,etheravb-r8a7790" for the R8A7790 SoC.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/fsl/cpm_qe/network.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/fsl/cpm_qe/network.txt
index 03c741602c6d..6d2dd8a31482 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/fsl/cpm_qe/network.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/fsl/cpm_qe/network.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ The property below is dependent on fsl,tdm-interface:
usage: optional for tdm interface
value type: <empty>
Definition : Internal loopback connecting on TDM layer.
+- fsl,hmask
+ usage: optional
+ Value type: <u16>
+ Definition: HDLC address recognition. Set to zero to disable
+ address filtering of packets:
+ fsl,hmask = /bits/ 16 <0x0000>;
Example for tdm interface:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
index 02a323c43261..f4f2b5d6c8d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ gianfar.txt
- Gianfar Ethernet Driver.
i40e.txt
- README for the Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 Driver (i40e).
-i40evf.txt
- - Short note on the Driver for the Intel(R) XL710 X710 Virtual Function
+iavf.txt
+ - README for the Intel Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function Driver (iavf).
ieee802154.txt
- Linux IEEE 802.15.4 implementation, API and drivers
igb.txt
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ tc-actions-env-rules.txt
- rules for traffic control (tc) actions.
timestamping.txt
- overview of network packet timestamping variants.
-tcp.txt
- - short blurb on how TCP output takes place.
tcp-thin.txt
- kernel tuning options for low rate 'thin' TCP streams.
team.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dpaa2/ethernet-driver.rst b/Documentation/networking/dpaa2/ethernet-driver.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90ec940749e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dpaa2/ethernet-driver.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
+===============================
+DPAA2 Ethernet driver
+===============================
+
+:Copyright: |copy| 2017-2018 NXP
+
+This file provides documentation for the Freescale DPAA2 Ethernet driver.
+
+Supported Platforms
+===================
+This driver provides networking support for Freescale DPAA2 SoCs, e.g.
+LS2080A, LS2088A, LS1088A.
+
+
+Architecture Overview
+=====================
+Unlike regular NICs, in the DPAA2 architecture there is no single hardware block
+representing network interfaces; instead, several separate hardware resources
+concur to provide the networking functionality:
+
+- network interfaces
+- queues, channels
+- buffer pools
+- MAC/PHY
+
+All hardware resources are allocated and configured through the Management
+Complex (MC) portals. MC abstracts most of these resources as DPAA2 objects
+and exposes ABIs through which they can be configured and controlled. A few
+hardware resources, like queues, do not have a corresponding MC object and
+are treated as internal resources of other objects.
+
+For a more detailed description of the DPAA2 architecture and its object
+abstractions see *Documentation/networking/dpaa2/overview.rst*.
+
+Each Linux net device is built on top of a Datapath Network Interface (DPNI)
+object and uses Buffer Pools (DPBPs), I/O Portals (DPIOs) and Concentrators
+(DPCONs).
+
+Configuration interface::
+
+ -----------------------
+ | DPAA2 Ethernet Driver |
+ -----------------------
+ . . .
+ . . .
+ . . . . . . . . . . . .
+ . . .
+ . . .
+ ---------- ---------- -----------
+ | DPBP API | | DPNI API | | DPCON API |
+ ---------- ---------- -----------
+ . . . software
+ ======= . ========== . ============ . ===================
+ . . . hardware
+ ------------------------------------------
+ | MC hardware portals |
+ ------------------------------------------
+ . . .
+ . . .
+ ------ ------ -------
+ | DPBP | | DPNI | | DPCON |
+ ------ ------ -------
+
+The DPNIs are network interfaces without a direct one-on-one mapping to PHYs.
+DPBPs represent hardware buffer pools. Packet I/O is performed in the context
+of DPCON objects, using DPIO portals for managing and communicating with the
+hardware resources.
+
+Datapath (I/O) interface::
+
+ -----------------------------------------------
+ | DPAA2 Ethernet Driver |
+ -----------------------------------------------
+ | ^ ^ | |
+ | | | | |
+ enqueue| dequeue| data | dequeue| seed |
+ (Tx) | (Rx, TxC)| avail.| request| buffers|
+ | | notify| | |
+ | | | | |
+ V | | V V
+ -----------------------------------------------
+ | DPIO Driver |
+ -----------------------------------------------
+ | | | | | software
+ | | | | | ================
+ | | | | | hardware
+ -----------------------------------------------
+ | I/O hardware portals |
+ -----------------------------------------------
+ | ^ ^ | |
+ | | | | |
+ | | | V |
+ V | ================ V
+ ---------------------- | -------------
+ queues ---------------------- | | Buffer pool |
+ ---------------------- | -------------
+ =======================
+ Channel
+
+Datapath I/O (DPIO) portals provide enqueue and dequeue services, data
+availability notifications and buffer pool management. DPIOs are shared between
+all DPAA2 objects (and implicitly all DPAA2 kernel drivers) that work with data
+frames, but must be affine to the CPUs for the purpose of traffic distribution.
+
+Frames are transmitted and received through hardware frame queues, which can be
+grouped in channels for the purpose of hardware scheduling. The Ethernet driver
+enqueues TX frames on egress queues and after transmission is complete a TX
+confirmation frame is sent back to the CPU.
+
+When frames are available on ingress queues, a data availability notification
+is sent to the CPU; notifications are raised per channel, so even if multiple
+queues in the same channel have available frames, only one notification is sent.
+After a channel fires a notification, is must be explicitly rearmed.
+
+Each network interface can have multiple Rx, Tx and confirmation queues affined
+to CPUs, and one channel (DPCON) for each CPU that services at least one queue.
+DPCONs are used to distribute ingress traffic to different CPUs via the cores'
+affine DPIOs.
+
+The role of hardware buffer pools is storage of ingress frame data. Each network
+interface has a privately owned buffer pool which it seeds with kernel allocated
+buffers.
+
+
+DPNIs are decoupled from PHYs; a DPNI can be connected to a PHY through a DPMAC
+object or to another DPNI through an internal link, but the connection is
+managed by MC and completely transparent to the Ethernet driver.
+
+::
+
+ --------- --------- ---------
+ | eth if1 | | eth if2 | | eth ifn |
+ --------- --------- ---------
+ . . .
+ . . .
+ . . .
+ ---------------------------
+ | DPAA2 Ethernet Driver |
+ ---------------------------
+ . . .
+ . . .
+ . . .
+ ------ ------ ------ -------
+ | DPNI | | DPNI | | DPNI | | DPMAC |----+
+ ------ ------ ------ ------- |
+ | | | | |
+ | | | | -----
+ =========== ================== | PHY |
+ -----
+
+Creating a Network Interface
+============================
+A net device is created for each DPNI object probed on the MC bus. Each DPNI has
+a number of properties which determine the network interface configuration
+options and associated hardware resources.
+
+DPNI objects (and the other DPAA2 objects needed for a network interface) can be
+added to a container on the MC bus in one of two ways: statically, through a
+Datapath Layout Binary file (DPL) that is parsed by MC at boot time; or created
+dynamically at runtime, via the DPAA2 objects APIs.
+
+
+Features & Offloads
+===================
+Hardware checksum offloading is supported for TCP and UDP over IPv4/6 frames.
+The checksum offloads can be independently configured on RX and TX through
+ethtool.
+
+Hardware offload of unicast and multicast MAC filtering is supported on the
+ingress path and permanently enabled.
+
+Scatter-gather frames are supported on both RX and TX paths. On TX, SG support
+is configurable via ethtool; on RX it is always enabled.
+
+The DPAA2 hardware can process jumbo Ethernet frames of up to 10K bytes.
+
+The Ethernet driver defines a static flow hashing scheme that distributes
+traffic based on a 5-tuple key: src IP, dst IP, IP proto, L4 src port,
+L4 dst port. No user configuration is supported for now.
+
+Hardware specific statistics for the network interface as well as some
+non-standard driver stats can be consulted through ethtool -S option.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dpaa2/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/dpaa2/index.rst
index 10bea113a7bc..67bd87fe6c53 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dpaa2/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dpaa2/index.rst
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ DPAA2 Documentation
overview
dpio-driver
+ ethernet-driver
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/i40evf.txt b/Documentation/networking/iavf.txt
index e9b3035b95d0..cc902a2369d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/i40evf.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/iavf.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Network Connection
==================================================
Intel Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function Linux driver.
-Copyright(c) 2013-2017 Intel Corporation.
+Copyright(c) 2013-2018 Intel Corporation.
Contents
========
@@ -11,20 +11,21 @@ Contents
- Known Issues/Troubleshooting
- Support
-This file describes the i40evf Linux* Base Driver.
+This file describes the iavf Linux* Base Driver. This driver
+was formerly called i40evf.
-The i40evf driver supports the below mentioned virtual function
+The iavf driver supports the below mentioned virtual function
devices and can only be activated on kernels running the i40e or
newer Physical Function (PF) driver compiled with CONFIG_PCI_IOV.
-The i40evf driver requires CONFIG_PCI_MSI to be enabled.
+The iavf driver requires CONFIG_PCI_MSI to be enabled.
-The guest OS loading the i40evf driver must support MSI-X interrupts.
+The guest OS loading the iavf driver must support MSI-X interrupts.
Supported Hardware
==================
Intel XL710 X710 Virtual Function
-Intel Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function
Intel X722 Virtual Function
+Intel Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function
Identifying Your Adapter
========================
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ Identifying Your Adapter
For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the
Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
- http://support.intel.com/support/go/network/adapter/idguide.htm
+ https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005584/network-and-i-o/ethernet-products.html
+
Known Issues/Troubleshooting
============================
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netvsc.txt b/Documentation/networking/netvsc.txt
index 92f5b31392fa..3bfa635bbbd5 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netvsc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netvsc.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ Features
like packets and significantly reduces CPU usage under heavy Rx
load.
+ Large Receive Offload (LRO), or Receive Side Coalescing (RSC)
+ -------------------------------------------------------------
+ The driver supports LRO/RSC in the vSwitch feature. It reduces the per packet
+ processing overhead by coalescing multiple TCP segments when possible. The
+ feature is enabled by default on VMs running on Windows Server 2019 and
+ later. It may be changed by ethtool command:
+ ethtool -K eth0 lro on
+ ethtool -K eth0 lro off
+
SR-IOV support
--------------
Hyper-V supports SR-IOV as a hardware acceleration option. If SR-IOV
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tcp.txt b/Documentation/networking/tcp.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c7139d57e57..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/networking/tcp.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-TCP protocol
-============
-
-Last updated: 3 June 2017
-
-Contents
-========
-
-- Congestion control
-- How the new TCP output machine [nyi] works
-
-Congestion control
-==================
-
-The following variables are used in the tcp_sock for congestion control:
-snd_cwnd The size of the congestion window
-snd_ssthresh Slow start threshold. We are in slow start if
- snd_cwnd is less than this.
-snd_cwnd_cnt A counter used to slow down the rate of increase
- once we exceed slow start threshold.
-snd_cwnd_clamp This is the maximum size that snd_cwnd can grow to.
-snd_cwnd_stamp Timestamp for when congestion window last validated.
-snd_cwnd_used Used as a highwater mark for how much of the
- congestion window is in use. It is used to adjust
- snd_cwnd down when the link is limited by the
- application rather than the network.
-
-As of 2.6.13, Linux supports pluggable congestion control algorithms.
-A congestion control mechanism can be registered through functions in
-tcp_cong.c. The functions used by the congestion control mechanism are
-registered via passing a tcp_congestion_ops struct to
-tcp_register_congestion_control. As a minimum, the congestion control
-mechanism must provide a valid name and must implement either ssthresh,
-cong_avoid and undo_cwnd hooks or the "omnipotent" cong_control hook.
-
-Private data for a congestion control mechanism is stored in tp->ca_priv.
-tcp_ca(tp) returns a pointer to this space. This is preallocated space - it
-is important to check the size of your private data will fit this space, or
-alternatively, space could be allocated elsewhere and a pointer to it could
-be stored here.
-
-There are three kinds of congestion control algorithms currently: The
-simplest ones are derived from TCP reno (highspeed, scalable) and just
-provide an alternative congestion window calculation. More complex
-ones like BIC try to look at other events to provide better
-heuristics. There are also round trip time based algorithms like
-Vegas and Westwood+.
-
-Good TCP congestion control is a complex problem because the algorithm
-needs to maintain fairness and performance. Please review current
-research and RFC's before developing new modules.
-
-The default congestion control mechanism is chosen based on the
-DEFAULT_TCP_CONG Kconfig parameter. If you really want a particular default
-value then you can set it using sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control. The
-module will be autoloaded if needed and you will get the expected protocol. If
-you ask for an unknown congestion method, then the sysctl attempt will fail.
-
-If you remove a TCP congestion control module, then you will get the next
-available one. Since reno cannot be built as a module, and cannot be
-removed, it will always be available.
-
-How the new TCP output machine [nyi] works.
-===========================================
-
-Data is kept on a single queue. The skb->users flag tells us if the frame is
-one that has been queued already. To add a frame we throw it on the end. Ack
-walks down the list from the start.
-
-We keep a set of control flags
-
-
- sk->tcp_pend_event
-
- TCP_PEND_ACK Ack needed
- TCP_ACK_NOW Needed now
- TCP_WINDOW Window update check
- TCP_WINZERO Zero probing
-
-
- sk->transmit_queue The transmission frame begin
- sk->transmit_new First new frame pointer
- sk->transmit_end Where to add frames
-
- sk->tcp_last_tx_ack Last ack seen
- sk->tcp_dup_ack Dup ack count for fast retransmit
-
-
-Frames are queued for output by tcp_write. We do our best to send the frames
-off immediately if possible, but otherwise queue and compute the body
-checksum in the copy.
-
-When a write is done we try to clear any pending events and piggy back them.
-If the window is full we queue full sized frames. On the first timeout in
-zero window we split this.
-
-On a timer we walk the retransmit list to send any retransmits, update the
-backoff timers etc. A change of route table stamp causes a change of header
-and recompute. We add any new tcp level headers and refinish the checksum
-before sending.
-