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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index 5713abf98534..d6706c4aa972 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ Userspace to kernel: ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_GET`` get wake-on-lan settings ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_SET`` set wake-on-lan settings ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` get device features + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` set device features ===================================== ================================ Kernel to userspace: @@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ Kernel to userspace: ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_GET_REPLY`` wake-on-lan settings ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_NTF`` wake-on-lan settings notification ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET_REPLY`` device features + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET_REPLY`` optional reply to FEATURES_SET ===================================== ================================= ``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device @@ -554,6 +556,42 @@ provide all names when using verbose bitmap format), the other three use no mask (simple bit lists). +FEATURES_SET +============ + +Request to set netdev features like ``ETHTOOL_SFEATURES`` ioctl request. + +Request contents: + + ==================================== ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_HEADER`` nested request header + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_WANTED`` bitset requested features + ==================================== ====== ========================== + +Kernel response contents: + + ==================================== ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_HEADER`` nested reply header + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_WANTED`` bitset diff wanted vs. result + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_ACTIVE`` bitset diff old vs. new active + ==================================== ====== ========================== + +Request constains only one bitset which can be either value/mask pair (request +to change specific feature bits and leave the rest) or only a value (request +to set all features to specified set). + +As request is subject to netdev_change_features() sanity checks, optional +kernel reply (can be suppressed by ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_OMIT_REPLY`` flag in request +header) informs client about the actual result. ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_WANTED`` +reports the difference between client request and actual result: mask consists +of bits which differ between requested features and result (dev->features +after the operation), value consists of values of these bits in the request +(i.e. negated values from resulting features). ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_ACTIVE`` +reports the difference between old and new dev->features: mask consists of +bits which have changed, values are their values in new dev->features (after +the operation). + + Request translation =================== @@ -585,30 +623,30 @@ have their netlink replacement yet. ``ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SPAUSEPARAM`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GRXCSUM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_SRXCSUM`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_SRXCSUM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_GTXCSUM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_STXCSUM`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_STXCSUM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_GSG`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_SSG`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_SSG`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_TEST`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_PHYS_ID`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GSTATS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GTSO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_STSO`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_STSO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR`` rtnetlink ``RTM_GETLINK`` ``ETHTOOL_GUFO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_SUFO`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_SUFO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_GGSO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_SGSO`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_SGSO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_GFLAGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_SFLAGS`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_SFLAGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_GPFLAGS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SPFLAGS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GRXFH`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SRXFH`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GGRO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_SGRO`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_SGRO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLCNT`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRULE`` n/a @@ -623,7 +661,7 @@ have their netlink replacement yet. ``ETHTOOL_GRXFHINDIR`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SRXFHINDIR`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GFEATURES`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_SFEATURES`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_SFEATURES`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_GCHANNELS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SCHANNELS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SET_DUMP`` n/a |