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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..629a6e69c036 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +==================== +mlx5 devlink support +==================== + +This document describes the devlink features implemented by the ``mlx5`` +device driver. + +Parameters +========== + +.. list-table:: Generic parameters implemented + + * - Name + - Mode + * - ``enable_roce`` + - driverinit + +The ``mlx5`` driver also implements the following driver-specific +parameters. + +.. list-table:: Driver-specific parameters implemented + :widths: 5 5 5 85 + + * - Name + - Type + - Mode + - Description + * - ``flow_steering_mode`` + - string + - runtime + - Controls the flow steering mode of the driver + + * ``dmfs`` Device managed flow steering. In DMFS mode, the HW + steering entities are created and managed through firmware. + * ``smfs`` Software managed flow steering. In SMFS mode, the HW + steering entities are created and manage through the driver without + firmware intervention. + +The ``mlx5`` driver supports reloading via ``DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD`` + +Info versions +============= + +The ``mlx5`` driver reports the following versions + +.. list-table:: devlink info versions implemented + :widths: 5 5 90 + + * - Name + - Type + - Description + * - ``fw.psid`` + - fixed + - Used to represent the board id of the device. + * - ``fw.version`` + - stored, running + - Three digit major.minor.subminor firmware version number. |