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authorJakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>2019-01-31 19:50:42 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2019-02-02 00:30:30 +0100
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parentdevlink: add version reporting to devlink info API (diff)
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devlink: add generic info version names
Add defines and docs for generic info versions. v3: - add docs; - separate patch (Jiri). Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/devlink-info-versions.rst38
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink-info-versions.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink-info-versions.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+
+=====================
+Devlink info versions
+=====================
+
+board.id
+========
+
+Unique identifier of the board design.
+
+board.rev
+=========
+
+Board design revision.
+
+fw.mgmt
+=======
+
+Control unit firmware version. This firmware is responsible for house
+keeping tasks, PHY control etc. but not the packet-by-packet data path
+operation.
+
+fw.app
+======
+
+Data path microcode controlling high-speed packet processing.
+
+fw.undi
+=======
+
+UNDI software, may include the UEFI driver, firmware or both.
+
+fw.ncsi
+=======
+
+Version of the software responsible for supporting/handling the
+Network Controller Sideband Interface.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst
index f1627ca2a0ea..9a32451cd201 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Contents:
device_drivers/intel/i40e
device_drivers/intel/iavf
device_drivers/intel/ice
+ devlink-info-versions
kapi
z8530book
msg_zerocopy