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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h index dd06302aa93e..8938b76c4ee3 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h @@ -259,10 +259,32 @@ struct ethtool_tunable { #define ETHTOOL_PHY_FAST_LINK_DOWN_ON 0 #define ETHTOOL_PHY_FAST_LINK_DOWN_OFF 0xff +/* Energy Detect Power Down (EDPD) is a feature supported by some PHYs, where + * the PHY's RX & TX blocks are put into a low-power mode when there is no + * link detected (typically cable is un-plugged). For RX, only a minimal + * link-detection is available, and for TX the PHY wakes up to send link pulses + * to avoid any lock-ups in case the peer PHY may also be running in EDPD mode. + * + * Some PHYs may support configuration of the wake-up interval for TX pulses, + * and some PHYs may support only disabling TX pulses entirely. For the latter + * a special value is required (ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD_NO_TX) so that this can be + * configured from userspace (should the user want it). + * + * The interval units for TX wake-up are in milliseconds, since this should + * cover a reasonable range of intervals: + * - from 1 millisecond, which does not sound like much of a power-saver + * - to ~65 seconds which is quite a lot to wait for a link to come up when + * plugging a cable + */ +#define ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD_DFLT_TX_MSECS 0xffff +#define ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD_NO_TX 0xfffe +#define ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD_DISABLE 0 + enum phy_tunable_id { ETHTOOL_PHY_ID_UNSPEC, ETHTOOL_PHY_DOWNSHIFT, ETHTOOL_PHY_FAST_LINK_DOWN, + ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD, /* * Add your fresh new phy tunable attribute above and remember to update * phy_tunable_strings[] in net/core/ethtool.c |