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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst | 44 |
2 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst index 4fbaa1a2d674..53d9d5829d69 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst @@ -299,6 +299,18 @@ Use ethtool to view and set link-down-on-close, as follows:: ethtool --show-priv-flags ethX ethtool --set-priv-flags ethX link-down-on-close [on|off] +Setting the mdd-auto-reset-vf Private Flag +------------------------------------------ + +When the mdd-auto-reset-vf private flag is set to "on", the problematic VF will +be automatically reset if a malformed descriptor is detected. If the flag is +set to "off", the problematic VF will be disabled. + +Use ethtool to view and set mdd-auto-reset-vf, as follows:: + + ethtool --show-priv-flags ethX + ethtool --set-priv-flags ethX mdd-auto-reset-vf [on|off] + Viewing Link Messages --------------------- Link messages will not be displayed to the console if the distribution is diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst index 934752f675ba..0bca293cf9cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst @@ -101,6 +101,37 @@ example, if Rx packets are 10 and Netdev (software statistics) displays rx_bytes as "X", then ethtool (hardware statistics) will display rx_bytes as "X+40" (4 bytes CRC x 10 packets). +ethtool reset +------------- +The driver supports 3 types of resets: + +- PF reset - resets only components associated with the given PF, does not + impact other PFs + +- CORE reset - whole adapter is affected, reset all PFs + +- GLOBAL reset - same as CORE but mac and phy components are also reinitialized + +These are mapped to ethtool reset flags as follow: + +- PF reset: + + # ethtool --reset <ethX> irq dma filter offload + +- CORE reset: + + # ethtool --reset <ethX> irq-shared dma-shared filter-shared offload-shared \ + ram-shared + +- GLOBAL reset: + + # ethtool --reset <ethX> irq-shared dma-shared filter-shared offload-shared \ + mac-shared phy-shared ram-shared + +In switchdev mode you can reset a VF using port representor: + + # ethtool --reset <repr> irq dma filter offload + Viewing Link Messages --------------------- @@ -896,6 +927,19 @@ To enable/disable UDP Segmentation Offload, issue the following command:: # ethtool -K <ethX> tx-udp-segmentation [off|on] +PTP pin interface +----------------- +All adapters support standard PTP pin interface. SDPs (Software Definable Pin) +are single ended pins with both periodic output and external timestamp +supported. There are also specific differential input/output pins (TIME_SYNC, +1PPS) with only one of the functions supported. + +There are adapters with DPLL, where pins are connected to the DPLL instead of +being exposed on the board. You have to be aware that in those configurations, +only SDP pins are exposed and each pin has its own fixed direction. +To see input signal on those PTP pins, you need to configure DPLL properly. +Output signal is only visible on DPLL and to send it to the board SMA/U.FL pins, +DPLL output pins have to be manually configured. GNSS module ----------- |