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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==============
+Devlink Params
+==============
+
+``devlink`` provides capability for a driver to expose device parameters for low
+level device functionality. Since devlink can operate at the device-wide
+level, it can be used to provide configuration that may affect multiple
+ports on a single device.
+
+This document describes a number of generic parameters that are supported
+across multiple drivers. Each driver is also free to add their own
+parameters. Each driver must document the specific parameters they support,
+whether generic or not.
+
+Configuration modes
+===================
+
+Parameters may be set in different configuration modes.
+
+.. list-table:: Possible configuration modes
+   :widths: 5 90
+
+   * - Name
+     - Description
+   * - ``runtime``
+     - set while the driver is running, and takes effect immediately. No
+       reset is required.
+   * - ``driverinit``
+     - applied while the driver initializes. Requires the user to restart
+       the driver using the ``devlink`` reload command.
+   * - ``permanent``
+     - written to the device's non-volatile memory. A hard reset is required
+       for it to take effect.
+
+Reloading
+---------
+
+In order for ``driverinit`` parameters to take effect, the driver must
+support reloading via the ``devlink-reload`` command. This command will
+request a reload of the device driver.
+
+.. _devlink_params_generic:
+
+Generic configuration parameters
+================================
+The following is a list of generic configuration parameters that drivers may
+add. Use of generic parameters is preferred over each driver creating their
+own name.
+
+.. list-table:: List of generic parameters
+   :widths: 5 5 90
+
+   * - Name
+     - Type
+     - Description
+   * - ``enable_sriov``
+     - Boolean
+     - Enable Single Root I/O Virtualization (SRIOV) in the device.
+   * - ``ignore_ari``
+     - Boolean
+     - Ignore Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI) capability. If
+       enabled, the adapter will ignore ARI capability even when the
+       platform has support enabled. The device will create the same number
+       of partitions as when the platform does not support ARI.
+   * - ``msix_vec_per_pf_max``
+     - u32
+     - Provides the maximum number of MSI-X interrupts that a device can
+       create. Value is the same across all physical functions (PFs) in the
+       device.
+   * - ``msix_vec_per_pf_min``
+     - u32
+     - Provides the minimum number of MSI-X interrupts required for the
+       device to initialize. Value is the same across all physical functions
+       (PFs) in the device.
+   * - ``fw_load_policy``
+     - u8
+     - Control the device's firmware loading policy.
+        - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_DRIVER`` (0)
+          Load firmware version preferred by the driver.
+        - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_FLASH`` (1)
+          Load firmware currently stored in flash.
+        - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_DISK`` (2)
+          Load firmware currently available on host's disk.
+   * - ``reset_dev_on_drv_probe``
+     - u8
+     - Controls the device's reset policy on driver probe.
+        - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_RESET_DEV_ON_DRV_PROBE_VALUE_UNKNOWN`` (0)
+          Unknown or invalid value.
+        - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_RESET_DEV_ON_DRV_PROBE_VALUE_ALWAYS`` (1)
+          Always reset device on driver probe.
+        - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_RESET_DEV_ON_DRV_PROBE_VALUE_NEVER`` (2)
+          Never reset device on driver probe.
+        - ``DEVLINK_PARAM_RESET_DEV_ON_DRV_PROBE_VALUE_DISK`` (3)
+          Reset the device only if firmware can be found in the filesystem.
+   * - ``enable_roce``
+     - Boolean
+     - Enable handling of RoCE traffic in the device.
+   * - ``internal_err_reset``
+     - Boolean
+     - When enabled, the device driver will reset the device on internal
+       errors.
+   * - ``max_macs``
+     - u32
+     - Specifies the maximum number of MAC addresses per ethernet port of
+       this device.
+   * - ``region_snapshot_enable``
+     - Boolean
+     - Enable capture of ``devlink-region`` snapshots.
+   * - ``enable_remote_dev_reset``
+     - Boolean
+     - Enable device reset by remote host. When cleared, the device driver
+       will NACK any attempt of other host to reset the device. This parameter
+       is useful for setups where a device is shared by different hosts, such
+       as multi-host setup.