This patch adds a new file to add information about some of the generic configuration parameters set via devlink.
Cc: "David S. Miller" <da...@davemloft.net> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <cor...@lwn.net> Cc: linux-...@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com> Cc: Michael Chan <michael.c...@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.vo...@broadcom.com> --- Documentation/networking/devlink-params.txt | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/devlink-params.txt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink-params.txt b/Documentation/networking/devlink-params.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae444ff --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink-params.txt @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Devlink configuration parameters +================================ +Following is the list of configuration parameters via devlink interface. +Each parameter can be generic or driver specific and are device level +parameters. + +Note that the driver-specific files should contain the generic params +they support to, with supported config modes. + +Each parameter can be set in different configuration modes: + runtime - set while driver is running, no reset required. + driverinit - applied while driver initializes, requires restart + driver by devlink reload command. + permanent - written to device's non-volatile memory, hard reset + required. + +Following is the list of parameters: +==================================== +enable_sriov [DEVICE, GENERIC] + Enable Single Root I/O Virtualisation (SRIOV) in + the device. + Type: Boolean + +ignore_ari [DEVICE, GENERIC] + Ignore Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI) + capability. If enabled, adapter will ignore ARI + capability even when platforms has the support + enabled and creates same number of partitions when + platform does not support ARI. + Type: Boolean + +msix_vec_per_pf_max [DEVICE, GENERIC] + Provides the maximum number of MSIX interrupts that + a device can create. Value is same across all + physical functions (PFs) in the device. + Type: u32 + +msix_vec_per_pf_min [DEVICE, GENERIC] + Provides the minimum number of MSIX interrupts required + for the device initialization. Value is same across all + physical functions (PFs) in the device. + Type: u32 -- 1.8.3.1
