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| author | Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@mellanox.com> | 2018-01-15 08:59:12 +0100 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2018-01-16 20:15:35 +0100 |
| commit | f261708b92fbc51200fee782845a2a891f67234d (patch) | |
| tree | b1961af26dd36e7675639accebb89fc48dca4965 /Documentation/ABI/testing | |
| parent | mlxsw: core: Add support for reload (diff) | |
| download | linux-f261708b92fbc51200fee782845a2a891f67234d.tar.xz linux-f261708b92fbc51200fee782845a2a891f67234d.zip | |
mlxsw: documentation: Add resources ABI documentation
Add resources ABI documentation.
Signed-off-by: Arkadi Sharhsevsky <arkadis@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/devlink-resource-mlxsw | 33 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/devlink-resource-mlxsw b/Documentation/ABI/testing/devlink-resource-mlxsw new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..259ed2948ec0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/devlink-resource-mlxsw @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +What: /kvd/ +Date: 08-Jan-2018 +KernelVersion: v4.16 +Contact: mlxsw@mellanox.com +Description: The main database in the Spectrum device is a centralized + KVD database used for many of the tables used to configure + the chip including L2 FDB, L3 LPM, ECMP and more. The KVD + is divided into two sections, the first is hash-based table + and the second is a linear access table. The division + between the linear and hash-based sections is static and + require reload before the changes take effect. + +What: /kvd/linear +Date: 08-Jan-2018 +KernelVersion: v4.16 +Contact: mlxsw@mellanox.com +Description: The linear section of the KVD is managed by software as a + flat memory accessed using an index. + +What: /kvd/hash_single +Date: 08-Jan-2018 +KernelVersion: v4.16 +Contact: mlxsw@mellanox.com +Description: The hash based section of the KVD is managed by the switch + device. Used in case the key size is smaller or equal to + 64bit. + +What: /kvd/hash_double +Date: 08-Jan-2018 +KernelVersion: v4.16 +Contact: mlxsw@mellanox.com +Description: The hash based section of the KVD is managed by the switch + device. Used in case the key is larger than 64 bit. |