diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx4.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx4.rst | 56 |
1 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx4.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx4.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7b2d17ea5471 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx4.rst @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +==================== +mlx4 devlink support +==================== + +This document describes the devlink features implemented by the ``mlx4`` +device driver. + +Parameters +========== + +.. list-table:: Generic parameters implemented + + * - Name + - Mode + * - ``internal_err_reset`` + - driverinit, runtime + * - ``max_macs`` + - driverinit + * - ``region_snapshot_enable`` + - driverinit, runtime + +The ``mlx4`` driver also implements the following driver-specific +parameters. + +.. list-table:: Driver-specific parameters implemented + :widths: 5 5 5 85 + + * - Name + - Type + - Mode + - Description + * - ``enable_64b_cqe_eqe`` + - Boolean + - driverinit + - Enable 64 byte CQEs/EQEs, if the FW supports it. + * - ``enable_4k_uar`` + - Boolean + - driverinit + - Enable using the 4k UAR. + +The ``mlx4`` driver supports reloading via ``DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD`` + +Regions +======= + +The ``mlx4`` driver supports dumping the firmware PCI crspace and health +buffer during a critical firmware issue. + +In case a firmware command times out, firmware getting stuck, or a non zero +value on the catastrophic buffer, a snapshot will be taken by the driver. + +The ``cr-space`` region will contain the firmware PCI crspace contents. The +``fw-health`` region will contain the device firmware's health buffer. +Snapshots for both of these regions are taken on the same event triggers. |