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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index 8f5cefc539cf..eed46b6aa07d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ Userspace to kernel: ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_GET`` get EEE settings ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_SET`` set EEE settings ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_GET`` get timestamping info + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_ACT`` action start cable test ===================================== ================================ Kernel to userspace: @@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ Kernel to userspace: ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_GET_REPLY`` EEE settings ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_NTF`` EEE settings ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_GET_REPLY`` timestamping info + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_NTF`` Cable test results ===================================== ================================= ``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device @@ -958,13 +960,65 @@ Kernel response contents: is no special value for this case). The bitset attributes are omitted if they would be empty (no bit set). +CABLE_TEST +========== + +Start a cable test. + +Request contents: + + ==================================== ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_HEADER`` nested request header + ==================================== ====== ========================== + +Notification contents: + +An Ethernet cable typically contains 1, 2 or 4 pairs. The length of +the pair can only be measured when there is a fault in the pair and +hence a reflection. Information about the fault may not be available, +depending on the specific hardware. Hence the contents of the notify +message are mostly optional. The attributes can be repeated an +arbitrary number of times, in an arbitrary order, for an arbitrary +number of pairs. + +The example shows the notification sent when the test is completed for +a T2 cable, i.e. two pairs. One pair is OK and hence has no length +information. The second pair has a fault and does have length +information. + + +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | + +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_STATUS`` | u8 | completed | + +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_NTF_NEST`` | nested | all the results | + +-+-------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_NEST_RESULT`` | nested | cable test result | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_CODE`` | u8 | result code | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_NEST_RESULT`` | nested | cable test results | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_CODE`` | u8 | result code | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_NEST_FAULT_LENGTH`` | nested | cable length | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_FAULT_LENGTH_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_FAULT_LENGTH_CM`` | u32 | length in cm | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ Request translation =================== The following table maps ioctl commands to netlink commands providing their functionality. Entries with "n/a" in right column are commands which do not -have their netlink replacement yet. +have their netlink replacement yet. Entries which "n/a" in the left column +are netlink only. =================================== ===================================== ioctl command netlink command @@ -1053,4 +1107,5 @@ have their netlink replacement yet. ``ETHTOOL_PHY_STUNABLE`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GFECPARAM`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SFECPARAM`` n/a + n/a ''ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_ACT'' =================================== ===================================== |