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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2a266b7e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========================= +netdevsim devlink support +========================= + +This document describes the ``devlink`` features supported by the +``netdevsim`` device driver. + +Parameters +========== + +.. list-table:: Generic parameters implemented + + * - Name + - Mode + * - ``max_macs`` + - driverinit + +The ``netdevsim`` driver also implements the following driver-specific +parameters. + +.. list-table:: Driver-specific parameters implemented + :widths: 5 5 5 85 + + * - Name + - Type + - Mode + - Description + * - ``test1`` + - Boolean + - driverinit + - Test parameter used to show how a driver-specific devlink parameter + can be implemented. + +The ``netdevsim`` driver supports reloading via ``DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD`` + +Regions +======= + +The ``netdevsim`` driver exposes a ``dummy`` region as an example of how the +devlink-region interfaces work. A snapshot is taken whenever the +``take_snapshot`` debugfs file is written to. + +Resources +========= + +The ``netdevsim`` driver exposes resources to control the number of FIB +entries and FIB rule entries that the driver will allow. + +.. code:: shell + + $ devlink resource set netdevsim/netdevsim0 path /IPv4/fib size 96 + $ devlink resource set netdevsim/netdevsim0 path /IPv4/fib-rules size 16 + $ devlink resource set netdevsim/netdevsim0 path /IPv6/fib size 64 + $ devlink resource set netdevsim/netdevsim0 path /IPv6/fib-rules size 16 + $ devlink dev reload netdevsim/netdevsim0 + +Driver-specific Traps +===================== + +.. list-table:: List of Driver-specific Traps Registered by ``netdevsim`` + :widths: 5 5 90 + + * - Name + - Type + - Description + * - ``fid_miss`` + - ``exception`` + - When a packet enters the device it is classified to a filtering + indentifier (FID) based on the ingress port and VLAN. This trap is used + to trap packets for which a FID could not be found |