kernel/linux.git/net/ethtool/Makefile, branch v6.19.11

ethtool: netlink: add ETHTOOL_MSG_MSE_GET and wire up PHY MSE access

2025-11-04T02:32:27+00:00

Introduce the userspace entry point for PHY MSE diagnostics via ethtool netlink. This exposes the core API added previously and returns both capability information and one or more snapshots. Userspace sends ETHTOOL_MSG_MSE_GET. The reply carries: - ETHTOOL_A_MSE_CAPABILITIES: scale limits and timing information - ETHTOOL_A_MSE_CHANNEL_* nests: one or more snapshots (per-channel if available, otherwise WORST, otherwise LINK) Link down returns -ENETDOWN. Changes: - YAML: add attribute sets (mse, mse-capabilities, mse-snapshot) and the mse-get operation - UAPI (generated): add ETHTOOL_A_MSE_* enums and message IDs, ETHTOOL_MSG_MSE_GET/REPLY - ethtool core: add net/ethtool/mse.c implementing the request, register genl op, and hook into ethnl dispatch - docs: document MSE_GET in ethtool-netlink.rst The include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h is generated from Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml. Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251027122801.982364-3-o.rempel@pengutronix.de Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: ethtool: remove duplicated mm.o from Makefile

2025-09-29T19:09:24+00:00

Fixes: 2b30f8291a30 ("net: ethtool: add support for MAC Merge layer") Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250926131323.222192-1-m.heidelberg@cab.de Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: ethtool: Add support for tsconfig command to get/set hwtstamp config

2024-12-16T12:51:41+00:00

Introduce support for ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_GET/SET ethtool netlink socket to read and configure hwtstamp configuration of a PHC provider. Note that simultaneous hwtstamp isn't supported; configuring a new one disables the previous setting. Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: ethtool: Introduce a command to list PHYs on an interface

2024-08-23T12:04:34+00:00

As we have the ability to track the PHYs connected to a net_device through the link_topology, we can expose this list to userspace. This allows userspace to use these identifiers for phy-specific commands and take the decision of which PHY to target by knowing the link topology. Add PHY_GET and PHY_DUMP, which can be a filtered DUMP operation to list devices on only one interface. Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy Tested-by: Christophe Leroy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

ethtool: cmis_fw_update: add a layer for supporting firmware update using CDB

2024-06-28T09:48:23+00:00

According to the CMIS standard, the firmware update process is done using a CDB commands sequence. Implement a work that will be triggered from the module layer in the next patch the will initiate and execute all the CDB commands in order, to eventually complete the firmware update process. This flashing process includes, writing the firmware image, running the new firmware image and committing it after testing, so that it will run upon reset. This work will also notify user space about the progress of the firmware update process. Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson Reviewed-by: Petr Machata Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

ethtool: cmis_cdb: Add a layer for supporting CDB commands

2024-06-28T09:48:23+00:00

CDB (Command Data Block Message Communication) reads and writes are performed on memory map pages 9Fh-AFh according to the CMIS standard, section 8.20 of revision 5.2. Page 9Fh is used to specify the CDB command to be executed and also provides an area for a local payload (LPL). According to the CMIS standard, the firmware update process is done using a CDB commands sequence that will be implemented in the next patch. The kernel interface that will implement the firmware update using CDB command will include 2 layers that will be added under ethtool: * The upper layer that will be triggered from the module layer, is cmis_fw_update. * The lower one is cmis_cdb. In the future there might be more operations to implement using CDB commands. Therefore, the idea is to keep the CDB interface clean and the cmis_fw_update specific to the CDB commands handling it. These two layers will communicate using the API the consists of three functions: - struct ethtool_cmis_cdb * ethtool_cmis_cdb_init(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_module_fw_flash_params *params); - void ethtool_cmis_cdb_fini(struct ethtool_cmis_cdb *cdb); - int ethtool_cmis_cdb_execute_cmd(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_cmis_cdb_cmd_args *args); Add the CDB layer to support initializing, finishing and executing CDB commands: * The initialization process will include creating of an ethtool_cmis_cdb instance, querying the module CDB support, entering and validating the password from user space (CMD 0x0000) and querying the module features (CMD 0x0040). * The finishing API will simply free the ethtool_cmis_cdb instance. * The executing process will write the CDB command to EEPROM using set_module_eeprom_by_page() that was presented earlier, and will process the reply from EEPROM. Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson Reviewed-by: Petr Machata Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: ethtool: add support for MAC Merge layer

2023-01-23T12:44:18+00:00

The MAC merge sublayer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99) is one of 2 specifications (the other being Frame Preemption; IEEE 802.1Q-2018 clause 6.7.2), which work together to minimize latency caused by frame interference at TX. The overall goal of TSN is for normal traffic and traffic with a bounded deadline to be able to cohabitate on the same L2 network and not bother each other too much. The standards achieve this (partly) by introducing the concept of preemptible traffic, i.e. Ethernet frames that have a custom value for the Start-of-Frame-Delimiter (SFD), and these frames can be fragmented and reassembled at L2 on a link-local basis. The non-preemptible frames are called express traffic, they are transmitted using a normal SFD, and they can preempt preemptible frames, therefore having lower latency, which can matter at lower (100 Mbps) link speeds, or at high MTUs (jumbo frames around 9K). Preemption is not recursive, i.e. a P frame cannot preempt another P frame. Preemption also does not depend upon priority, or otherwise said, an E frame with prio 0 will still preempt a P frame with prio 7. In terms of implementation, the standards talk about the presence of an express MAC (eMAC) which handles express traffic, and a preemptible MAC (pMAC) which handles preemptible traffic, and these MACs are multiplexed on the same MII by a MAC merge layer. To support frame preemption, the definition of the SFD was generalized to SMD (Start-of-mPacket-Delimiter), where an mPacket is essentially an Ethernet frame fragment, or a complete frame. Stations unaware of an SMD value different from the standard SFD will treat P frames as error frames. To prevent that from happening, a negotiation process is defined. On RX, packets are dispatched to the eMAC or pMAC after being filtered by their SMD. On TX, the eMAC/pMAC classification decision is taken by the 802.1Q spec, based on packet priority (each of the 8 user priority values may have an admin-status of preemptible or express). The MAC Merge layer and the Frame Preemption parameters have some degree of independence in terms of how software stacks are supposed to deal with them. The activation of the MM layer is supposed to be controlled by an LLDP daemon (after it has been communicated that the link partner also supports it), after which a (hardware-based or not) verification handshake takes place, before actually enabling the feature. So the process is intended to be relatively plug-and-play. Whereas FP settings are supposed to be coordinated across a network using something approximating NETCONF. The support contained here is exclusively for the 802.3 (MAC Merge) portions and not for the 802.1Q (Frame Preemption) parts. This API is sufficient for an LLDP daemon to do its job. The FP adminStatus variable from 802.1Q is outside the scope of an LLDP daemon. I have taken a few creative licenses and augmented the Linux kernel UAPI compared to the standard managed objects recommended by IEEE 802.3. These are: - ETHTOOL_A_MM_PMAC_ENABLED: According to Figure 99-6: Receive Processing state diagram, a MAC Merge layer is always supposed to be able to receive P frames. However, this implies keeping the pMAC powered on, which will consume needless power in applications where FP will never be used. If LLDP is used, the reception of an Additional Ethernet Capabilities TLV from the link partner is sufficient indication that the pMAC should be enabled. So my proposal is that in Linux, we keep the pMAC turned off by default and that user space turns it on when needed. - ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_ENABLED: The IEEE managed object is called aMACMergeVerifyDisableTx. I opted for consistency (positive logic) in the boolean netlink attributes offered, so this is also positive here. Other than the meaning being reversed, they correspond to the same thing. - ETHTOOL_A_MM_MAX_VERIFY_TIME: I found it most reasonable for a LLDP daemon to maximize the verifyTime variable (delay between SMD-V transmissions), to maximize its chances that the LP replies. IEEE says that the verifyTime can range between 1 and 128 ms, but the NXP ENETC stupidly keeps this variable in a 7 bit register, so the maximum supported value is 127 ms. I could have chosen to hardcode this in the LLDP daemon to a lower value, but why not let the kernel expose its supported range directly. - ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_MIN_FRAG_SIZE: the standard managed object is called aMACMergeAddFragSize, and expresses the "additional" fragment size (on top of ETH_ZLEN), whereas this expresses the absolute value of the fragment size. - ETHTOOL_A_MM_RX_MIN_FRAG_SIZE: there doesn't appear to exist a managed object mandated by the standard, but user space clearly needs to know what is the minimum supported fragment size of our local receiver, since LLDP must advertise a value no lower than that. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net/ethtool: add netlink interface for the PLCA RS

2023-01-11T08:35:02+00:00

Add support for configuring the PLCA Reconciliation Sublayer on multi-drop PHYs that support IEEE802.3cg-2019 Clause 148 (e.g., 10BASE-T1S). This patch adds the appropriate netlink interface to ethtool. Signed-off-by: Piergiorgio Beruto Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

ethtool: add netlink based get rss support

2022-12-06T01:25:00+00:00

Add netlink based support for "ethtool -x [context x]" command by implementing ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET netlink message. This is equivalent to functionality provided via ETHTOOL_GRSSH in ioctl path. It sends RSS table, hash key and hash function of an interface to user space. This patch implements existing functionality available in ioctl path and enables addition of new RSS context based parameters in future. Signed-off-by: Sudheer Mogilappagari Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221202002555.241580-1-sudheer.mogilappagari@intel.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ethtool: add interface to interact with Ethernet Power Equipment

2022-10-04T00:33:57+00:00

Add interface to support Power Sourcing Equipment. At current step it provides generic way to address all variants of PSE devices as defined in IEEE 802.3-2018 but support only objects specified for IEEE 802.3-2018 104.4 PoDL Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE). Currently supported and mandatory objects are: IEEE 802.3-2018 30.15.1.1.3 aPoDLPSEPowerDetectionStatus IEEE 802.3-2018 30.15.1.1.2 aPoDLPSEAdminState IEEE 802.3-2018 30.15.1.2.1 acPoDLPSEAdminControl This is minimal interface needed to control PSE on each separate ethernet port but it provides not all mandatory objects specified in IEEE 802.3-2018. Since "PoDL PSE" and "PSE" have similar names, but some different values I decide to not merge them and keep separate naming schema. This should allow as to be as close to IEEE 802.3 spec as possible and avoid name conflicts in the future. This implementation is connected to PHYs instead of MACs because PSE auto classification can potentially interfere with PHY auto negotiation. So, may be some extra PHY related initialization will be needed. With WIP version of ethtools interaction with PSE capable link looks as following: $ ip l ... 5: t1l1@eth0: .. ... $ ethtool --show-pse t1l1 PSE attributs for t1l1: PoDL PSE Admin State: disabled PoDL PSE Power Detection Status: disabled $ ethtool --set-pse t1l1 podl-pse-admin-control enable $ ethtool --show-pse t1l1 PSE attributs for t1l1: PoDL PSE Admin State: enabled PoDL PSE Power Detection Status: delivering power Signed-off-by: kernel test robot Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski