From 5948f85bbcb3874746702ad8e9ca1bf787005d47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Keller Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 14:46:15 -0800 Subject: devlink: mention reloading in devlink-params.rst Mention that drivers must support devlink-reload in order for driverinit parameters to function properly Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst index 7106c79e29be..da2f85c0fa21 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst @@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ Parameters may be set in different configuration modes. - 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b