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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-12-16 15:02:14 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-12-16 15:02:14 -0800
commit180f3bcfe3622bb78307dcc4fe1f8f4a717ee0ba (patch)
treed80cf7043e1371dcd6bba88ee303d7d8c4e6d6cd /Documentation
parent93db8300f6870ecc523919ec20c397f12c289975 (diff)
parent0c3e2474605581375d808bb3b9ce0927ed3eef70 (diff)
Merge tag 'net-5.16-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Pull networking fixes from Jakub Kicinski: "Networking fixes, including fixes from mac80211, wifi, bpf. Relatively large batches of fixes from BPF and the WiFi stack, calm in general networking. Current release - regressions: - dpaa2-eth: fix buffer overrun when reporting ethtool statistics Current release - new code bugs: - bpf: fix incorrect state pruning for <8B spill/fill - iavf: - add missing unlocks in iavf_watchdog_task() - do not override the adapter state in the watchdog task (again) - mlxsw: spectrum_router: consolidate MAC profiles when possible Previous releases - regressions: - mac80211 fixes: - rate control, avoid driver crash for retransmitted frames - regression in SSN handling of addba tx - a memory leak where sta_info is not freed - marking TX-during-stop for TX in in_reconfig, prevent stall - cfg80211: acquire wiphy mutex on regulatory work - wifi drivers: fix build regressions and LED config dependency - virtio_net: fix rx_drops stat for small pkts - dsa: mv88e6xxx: unforce speed & duplex in mac_link_down() Previous releases - always broken: - bpf fixes: - kernel address leakage in atomic fetch - kernel address leakage in atomic cmpxchg's r0 aux reg - signed bounds propagation after mov32 - extable fixup offset - extable address check - mac80211: - fix the size used for building probe request - send ADDBA requests using the tid/queue of the aggregation session - agg-tx: don't schedule_and_wake_txq() under sta->lock, avoid deadlocks - validate extended element ID is present - mptcp: - never allow the PM to close a listener subflow (null-defer) - clear 'kern' flag from fallback sockets, prevent crash - fix deadlock in __mptcp_push_pending() - inet_diag: fix kernel-infoleak for UDP sockets - xsk: do not sleep in poll() when need_wakeup set - smc: avoid very long waits in smc_release() - sch_ets: don't remove idle classes from the round-robin list - netdevsim: - zero-initialize memory for bpf map's value, prevent info leak - don't let user space overwrite read only (max) ethtool parms - ixgbe: set X550 MDIO speed before talking to PHY - stmmac: - fix null-deref in flower deletion w/ VLAN prio Rx steering - dwmac-rk: fix oob read in rk_gmac_setup - ice: time stamping fixes - systemport: add global locking for descriptor life cycle" * tag 'net-5.16-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (89 commits) bpf, selftests: Fix racing issue in btf_skc_cls_ingress test selftest/bpf: Add a test that reads various addresses. bpf: Fix extable address check. bpf: Fix extable fixup offset. bpf, selftests: Add test case trying to taint map value pointer bpf: Make 32->64 bounds propagation slightly more robust bpf: Fix signed bounds propagation after mov32 sit: do not call ipip6_dev_free() from sit_init_net() net: systemport: Add global locking for descriptor lifecycle net/smc: Prevent smc_release() from long blocking net: Fix double 0x prefix print in SKB dump virtio_net: fix rx_drops stat for small pkts dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix debug print for SPEED_UNFORCED sfc_ef100: potential dereference of null pointer net: stmmac: dwmac-rk: fix oob read in rk_gmac_setup net: usb: lan78xx: add Allied Telesis AT29M2-AF net/packet: rx_owner_map depends on pg_vec netdevsim: Zero-initialize memory for new map's value in function nsim_bpf_map_alloc dpaa2-eth: fix ethtool statistics ixgbe: set X550 MDIO speed before talking to PHY ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgbe.rst16
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgbe.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgbe.rst
index f1d5233e5e51..0a233b17c664 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgbe.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgbe.rst
@@ -440,6 +440,22 @@ NOTE: For 82599-based network connections, if you are enabling jumbo frames in
a virtual function (VF), jumbo frames must first be enabled in the physical
function (PF). The VF MTU setting cannot be larger than the PF MTU.
+NBASE-T Support
+---------------
+The ixgbe driver supports NBASE-T on some devices. However, the advertisement
+of NBASE-T speeds is suppressed by default, to accommodate broken network
+switches which cannot cope with advertised NBASE-T speeds. Use the ethtool
+command to enable advertising NBASE-T speeds on devices which support it::
+
+ ethtool -s eth? advertise 0x1800000001028
+
+On Linux systems with INTERFACES(5), this can be specified as a pre-up command
+in /etc/network/interfaces so that the interface is always brought up with
+NBASE-T support, e.g.::
+
+ iface eth? inet dhcp
+ pre-up ethtool -s eth? advertise 0x1800000001028 || true
+
Generic Receive Offload, aka GRO
--------------------------------
The driver supports the in-kernel software implementation of GRO. GRO has