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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index 05073482db05..25131df3c2bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -208,41 +208,49 @@ Userspace to kernel: ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_ACT`` action start cable test ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_TDR_ACT`` action start raw TDR cable test ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TUNNEL_INFO_GET`` get tunnel offload info + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEC_GET`` get FEC settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEC_SET`` set FEC settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_EEPROM_GET`` read SFP module EEPROM + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STATS_GET`` get standard statistics ===================================== ================================ Kernel to userspace: - ===================================== ================================= - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET_REPLY`` string set contents - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_GET_REPLY`` link settings - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_NTF`` link settings notification - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_GET_REPLY`` link modes info - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_NTF`` link modes notification - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKSTATE_GET_REPLY`` link state info - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_GET_REPLY`` debugging settings - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_NTF`` debugging settings notification - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_GET_REPLY`` wake-on-lan settings - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_NTF`` wake-on-lan settings notification - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET_REPLY`` device features - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET_REPLY`` optional reply to FEATURES_SET - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF`` netdev features notification - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PRIVFLAGS_GET_REPLY`` private flags - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PRIVFLAGS_NTF`` private flags - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RINGS_GET_REPLY`` ring sizes - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RINGS_NTF`` ring sizes - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CHANNELS_GET_REPLY`` channel counts - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CHANNELS_NTF`` channel counts - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_GET_REPLY`` coalescing parameters - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_NTF`` coalescing parameters - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PAUSE_GET_REPLY`` pause parameters - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PAUSE_NTF`` pause parameters - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_GET_REPLY`` EEE settings - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_NTF`` EEE settings - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_GET_REPLY`` timestamping info - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_NTF`` Cable test results - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_TDR_NTF`` Cable test TDR results - ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TUNNEL_INFO_GET_REPLY`` tunnel offload info - ===================================== ================================= + ======================================== ================================= + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET_REPLY`` string set contents + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_GET_REPLY`` link settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_NTF`` link settings notification + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_GET_REPLY`` link modes info + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_NTF`` link modes notification + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKSTATE_GET_REPLY`` link state info + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_GET_REPLY`` debugging settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_NTF`` debugging settings notification + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_GET_REPLY`` wake-on-lan settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_NTF`` wake-on-lan settings notification + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET_REPLY`` device features + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET_REPLY`` optional reply to FEATURES_SET + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF`` netdev features notification + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PRIVFLAGS_GET_REPLY`` private flags + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PRIVFLAGS_NTF`` private flags + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RINGS_GET_REPLY`` ring sizes + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RINGS_NTF`` ring sizes + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CHANNELS_GET_REPLY`` channel counts + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CHANNELS_NTF`` channel counts + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_GET_REPLY`` coalescing parameters + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_NTF`` coalescing parameters + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PAUSE_GET_REPLY`` pause parameters + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PAUSE_NTF`` pause parameters + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_GET_REPLY`` EEE settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_NTF`` EEE settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_GET_REPLY`` timestamping info + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_NTF`` Cable test results + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_TDR_NTF`` Cable test TDR results + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TUNNEL_INFO_GET_REPLY`` tunnel offload info + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEC_GET_REPLY`` FEC settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEC_NTF`` FEC settings + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_EEPROM_GET_REPLY`` read SFP module EEPROM + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STATS_GET_REPLY`` standard statistics + ======================================== ================================= ``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device information. They usually do not contain any message specific attributes. @@ -976,9 +984,9 @@ constraints on coalescing parameters and their values. PAUSE_GET -============ +========= -Gets channel counts like ``ETHTOOL_GPAUSE`` ioctl request. +Gets pause frame settings like ``ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM`` ioctl request. Request contents: @@ -1007,7 +1015,7 @@ the statistics in the following structure: Each member has a corresponding attribute defined. PAUSE_SET -============ +========= Sets pause parameters like ``ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM`` ioctl request. @@ -1024,7 +1032,7 @@ Request contents: EEE_GET ======= -Gets channel counts like ``ETHTOOL_GEEE`` ioctl request. +Gets Energy Efficient Ethernet settings like ``ETHTOOL_GEEE`` ioctl request. Request contents: @@ -1054,7 +1062,7 @@ first 32 are provided by the ``ethtool_ops`` callback. EEE_SET ======= -Sets pause parameters like ``ETHTOOL_GEEEPARAM`` ioctl request. +Sets Energy Efficient Ethernet parameters like ``ETHTOOL_SEEE`` ioctl request. Request contents: @@ -1280,6 +1288,193 @@ Kernel response contents: For UDP tunnel table empty ``ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE_TYPES`` indicates that the table contains static entries, hard-coded by the NIC. +FEC_GET +======= + +Gets FEC configuration and state like ``ETHTOOL_GFECPARAM`` ioctl request. + +Request contents: + + ===================================== ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_HEADER`` nested request header + ===================================== ====== ========================== + +Kernel response contents: + + ===================================== ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_HEADER`` nested request header + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_MODES`` bitset configured modes + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_AUTO`` bool FEC mode auto selection + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_ACTIVE`` u32 index of active FEC mode + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_STATS`` nested FEC statistics + ===================================== ====== ========================== + +``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_ACTIVE`` is the bit index of the FEC link mode currently +active on the interface. This attribute may not be present if device does +not support FEC. + +``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_MODES`` and ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_AUTO`` are only meaningful when +autonegotiation is disabled. If ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_AUTO`` is non-zero driver will +select the FEC mode automatically based on the parameters of the SFP module. +This is equivalent to the ``ETHTOOL_FEC_AUTO`` bit of the ioctl interface. +``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_MODES`` carry the current FEC configuration using link mode +bits (rather than old ``ETHTOOL_FEC_*`` bits). + +``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_STATS`` are reported if ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS`` was set in +``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS``. +Each attribute carries an array of 64bit statistics. First entry in the array +contains the total number of events on the port, while the following entries +are counters corresponding to lanes/PCS instances. The number of entries in +the array will be: + ++--------------+---------------------------------------------+ +| `0` | device does not support FEC statistics | ++--------------+---------------------------------------------+ +| `1` | device does not support per-lane break down | ++--------------+---------------------------------------------+ +| `1 + #lanes` | device has full support for FEC stats | ++--------------+---------------------------------------------+ + +Drivers fill in the statistics in the following structure: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/ethtool.h + :identifiers: ethtool_fec_stats + +FEC_SET +======= + +Sets FEC parameters like ``ETHTOOL_SFECPARAM`` ioctl request. + +Request contents: + + ===================================== ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_HEADER`` nested request header + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_MODES`` bitset configured modes + ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_AUTO`` bool FEC mode auto selection + ===================================== ====== ========================== + +``FEC_SET`` is only meaningful when autonegotiation is disabled. Otherwise +FEC mode is selected as part of autonegotiation. + +``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_MODES`` selects which FEC mode should be used. It's recommended +to set only one bit, if multiple bits are set driver may choose between them +in an implementation specific way. + +``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_AUTO`` requests the driver to choose FEC mode based on SFP +module parameters. This does not mean autonegotiation. + +MODULE_EEPROM +============= + +Fetch module EEPROM data dump. +This interface is designed to allow dumps of at most 1/2 page at once. This +means only dumps of 128 (or less) bytes are allowed, without crossing half page +boundary located at offset 128. For pages other than 0 only high 128 bytes are +accessible. + +Request contents: + + ======================================= ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_HEADER`` nested request header + ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_OFFSET`` u32 offset within a page + ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_LENGTH`` u32 amount of bytes to read + ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_PAGE`` u8 page number + ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_BANK`` u8 bank number + ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_I2C_ADDRESS`` u8 page I2C address + ======================================= ====== ========================== + +Kernel response contents: + + +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | + +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_DATA`` | nested | array of bytes from | + | | | module EEPROM | + +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ + +``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_DATA`` has an attribute length equal to the amount of +bytes driver actually read. + +STATS_GET +========= + +Get standard statistics for the interface. Note that this is not +a re-implementation of ``ETHTOOL_GSTATS`` which exposed driver-defined +stats. + +Request contents: + + ======================================= ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_HEADER`` nested request header + ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GROUPS`` bitset requested groups of stats + ======================================= ====== ========================== + +Kernel response contents: + + +-----------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ + | ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | + +-----------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ + | ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP`` | nested | one or more group of stats | + +-+---------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_ID`` | u32 | group ID - ``ETHTOOL_STATS_*`` | + +-+---------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_SS_ID`` | u32 | string set ID for names | + +-+---------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_STAT`` | nested | nest containing a statistic | + +-+---------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_HIST_RX`` | nested | histogram statistic (Rx) | + +-+---------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_HIST_TX`` | nested | histogram statistic (Tx) | + +-+---------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ + +Users specify which groups of statistics they are requesting via +the ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GROUPS`` bitset. Currently defined values are: + + ====================== ======== =============================================== + ETHTOOL_STATS_ETH_MAC eth-mac Basic IEEE 802.3 MAC statistics (30.3.1.1.*) + ETHTOOL_STATS_ETH_PHY eth-phy Basic IEEE 802.3 PHY statistics (30.3.2.1.*) + ETHTOOL_STATS_ETH_CTRL eth-ctrl Basic IEEE 802.3 MAC Ctrl statistics (30.3.3.*) + ETHTOOL_STATS_RMON rmon RMON (RFC 2819) statistics + ====================== ======== =============================================== + +Each group should have a corresponding ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP`` in the reply. +``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_ID`` identifies which group's statistics nest contains. +``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_SS_ID`` identifies the string set ID for the names of +the statistics in the group, if available. + +Statistics are added to the ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP`` nest under +``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_STAT``. ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_STAT`` should contain +single 8 byte (u64) attribute inside - the type of that attribute is +the statistic ID and the value is the value of the statistic. +Each group has its own interpretation of statistic IDs. +Attribute IDs correspond to strings from the string set identified +by ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_SS_ID``. Complex statistics (such as RMON histogram +entries) are also listed inside ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP`` and do not have +a string defined in the string set. + +RMON "histogram" counters count number of packets within given size range. +Because RFC does not specify the ranges beyond the standard 1518 MTU devices +differ in definition of buckets. For this reason the definition of packet ranges +is left to each driver. + +``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_HIST_RX`` and ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GRP_HIST_TX`` nests +contain the following attributes: + + ================================= ====== =================================== + ETHTOOL_A_STATS_RMON_HIST_BKT_LOW u32 low bound of the packet size bucket + ETHTOOL_A_STATS_RMON_HIST_BKT_HI u32 high bound of the bucket + ETHTOOL_A_STATS_RMON_HIST_VAL u64 packet counter + ================================= ====== =================================== + +Low and high bounds are inclusive, for example: + + ============================= ==== ==== + RFC statistic low high + ============================= ==== ==== + etherStatsPkts64Octets 0 64 + etherStatsPkts512to1023Octets 512 1023 + ============================= ==== ==== + Request translation =================== @@ -1357,8 +1552,8 @@ are netlink only. ``ETHTOOL_GET_DUMP_FLAG`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GET_DUMP_DATA`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GET_TS_INFO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_GET`` - ``ETHTOOL_GMODULEINFO`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_GMODULEEEPROM`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_GMODULEINFO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_EEPROM_GET`` + ``ETHTOOL_GMODULEEEPROM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_EEPROM_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_GEEE`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_SEEE`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_GRSSH`` n/a @@ -1373,9 +1568,9 @@ are netlink only. ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_SET`` ``ETHTOOL_PHY_GTUNABLE`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_PHY_STUNABLE`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_GFECPARAM`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_SFECPARAM`` n/a - n/a ''ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_ACT'' - n/a ''ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_TDR_ACT'' + ``ETHTOOL_GFECPARAM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEC_GET`` + ``ETHTOOL_SFECPARAM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEC_SET`` + n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_ACT`` + n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_TDR_ACT`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TUNNEL_INFO_GET`` =================================== ===================================== |