linux/Documentation/networking/devlink-params.txt
Shalom Toledo 846e980a87 devlink: Add 'fw_load_policy' generic parameter
Many drivers load the device's firmware image during the initialization
flow either from the flash or from the disk. Currently this option is not
controlled by the user and the driver decides from where to load the
firmware image.

'fw_load_policy' gives the ability to control this option which allows the
user to choose between different loading policies supported by the driver.

This parameter can be useful while testing and/or debugging the device. For
example, testing a firmware bug fix.

Signed-off-by: Shalom Toledo <shalomt@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-12-03 13:55:43 -08:00

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Devlink configuration parameters
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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:
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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
fw_load_policy [DEVICE, GENERIC]
Controls the device's firmware loading policy.
Valid values:
* DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_DRIVER (0)
Load firmware version preferred by the driver.
* DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_FLASH (1)
Load firmware currently stored in flash.
Type: u8