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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/counters.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/counters.rst index 6b2d1fe74ecf..a395df9c2751 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/counters.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/counters.rst @@ -797,6 +797,16 @@ Counters on the NIC port that is connected to a eSwitch. RoCE/UD/RC traffic) [#accel]_. - Acceleration + * - `vport_loopback_packets` + - Unicast, multicast and broadcast packets that were loop-back (received + and transmitted), IB/Eth [#accel]_. + - Acceleration + + * - `vport_loopback_bytes` + - Unicast, multicast and broadcast bytes that were loop-back (received + and transmitted), IB/Eth [#accel]_. + - Acceleration + * - `rx_steer_missed_packets` - Number of packets that was received by the NIC, however was discarded because it did not match any flow in the NIC flow table. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst index 3354ca3608ee..a4edf908b707 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst @@ -290,6 +290,13 @@ Description of the vnic counters: - nic_receive_steering_discard number of packets that completed RX flow steering but were discarded due to a mismatch in flow table. +- generated_pkt_steering_fail + number of packets generated by the VNIC experiencing unexpected steering + failure (at any point in steering flow). +- handled_pkt_steering_fail + number of packets handled by the VNIC experiencing unexpected steering + failure (at any point in steering flow owned by the VNIC, including the FDB + for the eswitch owner). User commands examples: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst index 01deedb71597..6e3f5ee8b0d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst @@ -45,6 +45,28 @@ Following bridge VLAN functions are supported by mlx5: Subfunction =========== +Subfunction which are spawned over the E-switch are created only with devlink +device, and by default all the SF auxiliary devices are disabled. +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 + +- 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. A subfunction has its own function capabilities and its own resources. This |