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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2023-06-25 01:48:04 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2023-06-25 01:48:04 +0300
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Merge tag 'mlx5-updates-2023-06-21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux
Saeed Mahameed says: ==================== mlx5-updates-2023-06-21 mlx5 driver minor cleanup and fixes to net-next * tag 'mlx5-updates-2023-06-21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux: net/mlx5: Remove pointless vport lookup from mlx5_esw_check_port_type() net/mlx5: Remove redundant check from mlx5_esw_query_vport_vhca_id() net/mlx5: Remove redundant is_mdev_switchdev_mode() check from is_ib_rep_supported() net/mlx5: Remove redundant MLX5_ESWITCH_MANAGER() check from is_ib_rep_supported() net/mlx5e: E-Switch, Fix shared fdb error flow net/mlx5e: Remove redundant comment net/mlx5e: E-Switch, Pass other_vport flag if vport is not 0 net/mlx5e: E-Switch, Use xarray for devcom paired device index net/mlx5e: E-Switch, Add peer fdb miss rules for vport manager or ecpf net/mlx5e: Use vhca_id for device index in vport rx rules net/mlx5: Lag, Remove duplicate code checking lag is supported net/mlx5: Fix error code in mlx5_is_reset_now_capable() net/mlx5: Fix reserved at offset in hca_cap register net/mlx5: Fix SFs kernel documentation error net/mlx5: Fix UAF in mlx5_eswitch_cleanup() ==================== Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230623192907.39033-1-saeed@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst22
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
index db62187eebce..6e3f5ee8b0d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
@@ -51,19 +51,21 @@ This will allow user to configure the SF before the SF have been fully probed,
which will save time.
Usage example:
-Create SF:
-$ devlink port add pci/0000:08:00.0 flavour pcisf pfnum 0 sfnum 11
-$ devlink port function set pci/0000:08:00.0/32768 \
- hw_addr 00:00:00:00:00:11 state active
-Enable ETH auxiliary device:
-$ devlink dev param set auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1 \
- name enable_eth value true cmode driverinit
+- Create SF::
-Now, in order to fully probe the SF, use devlink reload:
-$ devlink dev reload auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1
+ $ devlink port add pci/0000:08:00.0 flavour pcisf pfnum 0 sfnum 11
+ $ devlink port function set pci/0000:08:00.0/32768 hw_addr 00:00:00:00:00:11 state active
-mlx5 supports ETH,rdma and vdpa (vnet) auxiliary devices devlink params (see :ref:`Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst`)
+- Enable ETH auxiliary device::
+
+ $ devlink dev param set auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1 name enable_eth value true cmode driverinit
+
+- Now, in order to fully probe the SF, use devlink reload::
+
+ $ devlink dev reload auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1
+
+mlx5 supports ETH,rdma and vdpa (vnet) auxiliary devices devlink params (see :ref:`Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst <devlink_params_generic>`).
mlx5 supports subfunction management using devlink port (see :ref:`Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst <devlink_port>`) interface.