On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 01:58:39PM +0100, Jedrzej Jagielski wrote: ...
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/ixgbe.rst > b/Documentation/networking/devlink/ixgbe.rst > index a41073a62776..41aedf4b8017 100644 > --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/ixgbe.rst > +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/ixgbe.rst > @@ -64,3 +64,27 @@ The ``ixgbe`` driver reports the following versions > - running > - 0xee16ced7 > - The first 4 bytes of the hash of the netlist module contents. > + > +Flash Update > +============ > +The ``ixgbe`` driver implements support for flash update using the > +``devlink-flash`` interface. It supports updating the device flash using a > +combined flash image that contains the ``fw.mgmt``, ``fw.undi``, and > +``fw.netlist`` components. > +.. list-table:: List of supported overwrite modes > + :widths: 5 95 Hi Jedrzej, make htmldocs flags two warnings, which I believe can be resolved by adding a blank line here. .../ixgbe.rst:75: ERROR: Unexpected indentation. .../ixgbe.rst:76: WARNING: Field list ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. > + * - Bits > + - Behavior > + * - ``DEVLINK_FLASH_OVERWRITE_SETTINGS`` > + - Do not preserve settings stored in the flash components being > + updated. This includes overwriting the port configuration that > + determines the number of physical functions the device will > + initialize with. > + * - ``DEVLINK_FLASH_OVERWRITE_SETTINGS`` and > ``DEVLINK_FLASH_OVERWRITE_IDENTIFIERS`` > + - Do not preserve either settings or identifiers. Overwrite everything > + in the flash with the contents from the provided image, without > + performing any preservation. This includes overwriting device > + identifying fields such as the MAC address, Vital product Data (VPD) > area, > + and device serial number. It is expected that this combination be > used with an > + image customized for the specific device. > + ...
