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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst index 59c78e9717d2..8c082b139bbd 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst @@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ The ``ice`` driver reports the following versions * - ``fw.mgmt`` - running - 2.1.7 - - 3-digit version number of the management firmware that controls the - PHY, link, etc. + - 3-digit version number of the management firmware running on the + Embedded Management Processor of the device. It controls the PHY, + link, access to device resources, etc. Intel documentation refers to + this as the EMP firmware. * - ``fw.mgmt.api`` - running - 1.5.1 @@ -119,6 +121,24 @@ preserving settings, and thus ``DEVLINK_FLASH_OVERWRITE_IDENTIFIERS`` on its own will be rejected. If no overwrite mask is provided, the firmware will be instructed to preserve all settings and identifying fields when updating. +Reload +====== + +The ``ice`` driver supports activating new firmware after a flash update +using ``DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD`` with the ``DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_FW_ACTIVATE`` +action. + +.. code:: shell + + $ devlink dev reload pci/0000:01:00.0 reload action fw_activate + +The new firmware is activated by issuing a device specific Embedded +Management Processor reset which requests the device to reset and reload the +EMP firmware image. + +The driver does not currently support reloading the driver via +``DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT``. + Regions ======= |