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| author | Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz> | 2019-12-27 17:55:53 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2019-12-28 03:40:02 +0300 |
| commit | a53f3d41e4d3df46aba254ba51e7fbe45470fece (patch) | |
| tree | f627b68a30e26b61821519e9ef7d239b5cff2094 /Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst | |
| parent | 459e0b81b37043545d90629fdfb243444151e77d (diff) | |
| download | linux-a53f3d41e4d3df46aba254ba51e7fbe45470fece.tar.xz | |
ethtool: set link settings with LINKINFO_SET request
Implement LINKINFO_SET netlink request to set link settings queried by
LINKINFO_GET message.
Only physical port, phy MDIO address and MDI(-X) control can be set,
attempt to modify MDI(-X) status and transceiver is rejected.
Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst | 24 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index 60684786a92c..39c4aba324c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ Userspace to kernel: ===================================== ================================ ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET`` get string set ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_GET`` get link settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_SET`` set link settings ===================================== ================================ Kernel to userspace: @@ -311,6 +312,25 @@ corresponding ioctl structures. devices supporting the request). +LINKINFO_SET +============ + +``LINKINFO_SET`` request allows setting some of the attributes reported by +``LINKINFO_GET``. + +Request contents: + + ==================================== ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_HEADER`` nested request header + ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_PORT`` u8 physical port + ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_PHYADDR`` u8 phy MDIO address + ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_TP_MDIX_CTRL`` u8 MDI(-X) control + ==================================== ====== ========================== + +MDI(-X) status and transceiver cannot be set, request with the corresponding +attributes is rejected. + + Request translation =================== @@ -322,7 +342,7 @@ have their netlink replacement yet. ioctl command netlink command =================================== ===================================== ``ETHTOOL_GSET`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_SSET`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_SSET`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GREGS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GWOL`` n/a @@ -396,7 +416,7 @@ have their netlink replacement yet. ``ETHTOOL_GPHYSTATS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_PERQUEUE`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_SLINKSETTINGS`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_SLINKSETTINGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_PHY_GTUNABLE`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_PHY_STUNABLE`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GFECPARAM`` n/a |