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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index d345f5df248e..31413535dce5 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ Userspace to kernel: ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PSE_SET`` set PSE parameters ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PSE_GET`` get PSE parameters ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET`` get RSS settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET`` get MAC merge layer state + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_SET`` set MAC merge layer parameters ===================================== ================================= Kernel to userspace: @@ -265,6 +267,7 @@ Kernel to userspace: ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_GET_REPLY`` transceiver module parameters ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PSE_GET_REPLY`` PSE parameters ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET_REPLY`` RSS settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET_REPLY`` MAC merge layer status ======================================== ================================= ``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device @@ -1868,6 +1871,90 @@ When set, the ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_STATUS`` attribute indicates whether the node is detecting the presence of the BEACON on the network. This flag is corresponding to ``IEEE 802.3cg-2019`` 30.16.1.1.2 aPLCAStatus. +MM_GET +====== + +Retrieve 802.3 MAC Merge parameters. + +Request contents: + + ==================================== ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_HEADER`` nested request header + ==================================== ====== ========================== + +Kernel response contents: + + ================================= ====== =================================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_HEADER`` nested request header + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_PMAC_ENABLED`` bool set if RX of preemptible and SMD-V + frames is enabled + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_ENABLED`` bool set if TX of preemptible frames is + administratively enabled (might be + inactive if verification failed) + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_ACTIVE`` bool set if TX of preemptible frames is + operationally enabled + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_MIN_FRAG_SIZE`` u32 minimum size of transmitted + non-final fragments, in octets + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_RX_MIN_FRAG_SIZE`` u32 minimum size of received non-final + fragments, in octets + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_ENABLED`` bool set if TX of SMD-V frames is + administratively enabled + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_STATUS`` u8 state of the verification function + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_TIME`` u32 delay between verification attempts + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_MAX_VERIFY_TIME``` u32 maximum verification interval + supported by device + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_STATS`` nested IEEE 802.3-2018 subclause 30.14.1 + oMACMergeEntity statistics counters + ================================= ====== =================================== + +The attributes are populated by the device driver through the following +structure: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/ethtool.h + :identifiers: ethtool_mm_state + +The ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_STATUS`` will report one of the values from + +.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h + :identifiers: ethtool_mm_verify_status + +If ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_ENABLED`` was passed as false in the ``MM_SET`` +command, ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_STATUS`` will report either +``ETHTOOL_MM_VERIFY_STATUS_INITIAL`` or ``ETHTOOL_MM_VERIFY_STATUS_DISABLED``, +otherwise it should report one of the other states. + +It is recommended that drivers start with the pMAC disabled, and enable it upon +user space request. It is also recommended that user space does not depend upon +the default values from ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET`` requests. + +``ETHTOOL_A_MM_STATS`` are reported if ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS`` was set in +``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS``. The attribute will be empty if driver did not +report any statistics. Drivers fill in the statistics in the following +structure: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/ethtool.h + :identifiers: ethtool_mm_stats + +MM_SET +====== + +Modifies the configuration of the 802.3 MAC Merge layer. + +Request contents: + + ================================= ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_TIME`` u32 see MM_GET description + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_ENABLED`` bool see MM_GET description + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_ENABLED`` bool see MM_GET description + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_PMAC_ENABLED`` bool see MM_GET description + ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_MIN_FRAG_SIZE`` u32 see MM_GET description + ================================= ====== ========================== + +The attributes are propagated to the driver through the following structure: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/ethtool.h + :identifiers: ethtool_mm_cfg + Request translation =================== @@ -1972,4 +2059,6 @@ are netlink only. n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_GET_CFG`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_SET_CFG`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_GET_STATUS`` + n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET`` + n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_SET`` =================================== ===================================== |