| ============================= | |
| Netlink interface for ethtool | |
| ============================= | |
| Basic information | |
| ================= | |
| Netlink interface for ethtool uses generic netlink family ``ethtool`` | |
| (userspace application should use macros ``ETHTOOL_GENL_NAME`` and | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GENL_VERSION`` defined in ``<linux/ethtool_netlink.h>`` uapi | |
| header). This family does not use a specific header, all information in | |
| requests and replies is passed using netlink attributes. | |
| The ethtool netlink interface uses extended ACK for error and warning | |
| reporting, userspace application developers are encouraged to make these | |
| messages available to user in a suitable way. | |
| Requests can be divided into three categories: "get" (retrieving information), | |
| "set" (setting parameters) and "action" (invoking an action). | |
| All "set" and "action" type requests require admin privileges | |
| (``CAP_NET_ADMIN`` in the namespace). Most "get" type requests are allowed for | |
| anyone but there are exceptions (where the response contains sensitive | |
| information). In some cases, the request as such is allowed for anyone but | |
| unprivileged users have attributes with sensitive information (e.g. | |
| wake-on-lan password) omitted. | |
| Conventions | |
| =========== | |
| Attributes which represent a boolean value usually use NLA_U8 type so that we | |
| can distinguish three states: "on", "off" and "not present" (meaning the | |
| information is not available in "get" requests or value is not to be changed | |
| in "set" requests). For these attributes, the "true" value should be passed as | |
| number 1 but any non-zero value should be understood as "true" by recipient. | |
| In the tables below, "bool" denotes NLA_U8 attributes interpreted in this way. | |
| In the message structure descriptions below, if an attribute name is suffixed | |
| with "+", parent nest can contain multiple attributes of the same type. This | |
| implements an array of entries. | |
| Attributes that need to be filled-in by device drivers and that are dumped to | |
| user space based on whether they are valid or not should not use zero as a | |
| valid value. This avoids the need to explicitly signal the validity of the | |
| attribute in the device driver API. | |
| Request header | |
| ============== | |
| Each request or reply message contains a nested attribute with common header. | |
| Structure of this header is | |
| ============================== ====== ============================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX`` u32 device ifindex | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME`` string device name | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS`` u32 flags common for all requests | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX`` u32 phy device index | |
| ============================== ====== ============================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX`` and ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME`` identify the | |
| device message relates to. One of them is sufficient in requests, if both are | |
| used, they must identify the same device. Some requests, e.g. global string | |
| sets, do not require device identification. Most ``GET`` requests also allow | |
| dump requests without device identification to query the same information for | |
| all devices providing it (each device in a separate message). | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS`` is a bitmap of request flags common for all request | |
| types. The interpretation of these flags is the same for all request types but | |
| the flags may not apply to requests. Recognized flags are: | |
| ================================= =================================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_COMPACT_BITSETS`` use compact format bitsets in reply | |
| ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_OMIT_REPLY`` omit optional reply (_SET and _ACT) | |
| ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS`` include optional device statistics | |
| ================================= =================================== | |
| New request flags should follow the general idea that if the flag is not set, | |
| the behaviour is backward compatible, i.e. requests from old clients not aware | |
| of the flag should be interpreted the way the client expects. A client must | |
| not set flags it does not understand. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX`` identifies the Ethernet PHY the message relates to. | |
| As there are numerous commands that are related to PHY configuration, and because | |
| there may be more than one PHY on the link, the PHY index can be passed in the | |
| request for the commands that needs it. It is, however, not mandatory, and if it | |
| is not passed for commands that target a PHY, the net_device.phydev pointer | |
| is used. | |
| Bit sets | |
| ======== | |
| For short bitmaps of (reasonably) fixed length, standard ``NLA_BITFIELD32`` | |
| type is used. For arbitrary length bitmaps, ethtool netlink uses a nested | |
| attribute with contents of one of two forms: compact (two binary bitmaps | |
| representing bit values and mask of affected bits) and bit-by-bit (list of | |
| bits identified by either index or name). | |
| Verbose (bit-by-bit) bitsets allow sending symbolic names for bits together | |
| with their values which saves a round trip (when the bitset is passed in a | |
| request) or at least a second request (when the bitset is in a reply). This is | |
| useful for one shot applications like traditional ethtool command. On the | |
| other hand, long running applications like ethtool monitor (displaying | |
| notifications) or network management daemons may prefer fetching the names | |
| only once and using compact form to save message size. Notifications from | |
| ethtool netlink interface always use compact form for bitsets. | |
| A bitset can represent either a value/mask pair (``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_NOMASK`` | |
| not set) or a single bitmap (``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_NOMASK`` set). In requests | |
| modifying a bitmap, the former changes the bit set in mask to values set in | |
| value and preserves the rest; the latter sets the bits set in the bitmap and | |
| clears the rest. | |
| Compact form: nested (bitset) attribute contents: | |
| ============================ ====== ============================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_NOMASK`` flag no mask, only a list | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_SIZE`` u32 number of significant bits | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_VALUE`` binary bitmap of bit values | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_MASK`` binary bitmap of valid bits | |
| ============================ ====== ============================ | |
| Value and mask must have length at least ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_SIZE`` bits | |
| rounded up to a multiple of 32 bits. They consist of 32-bit words in host byte | |
| order, words ordered from least significant to most significant (i.e. the same | |
| way as bitmaps are passed with ioctl interface). | |
| For compact form, ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_SIZE`` and ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_VALUE`` are | |
| mandatory. ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_MASK`` attribute is mandatory if | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_NOMASK`` is not set (bitset represents a value/mask pair); | |
| if ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_NOMASK`` is not set, ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_MASK`` is not | |
| allowed (bitset represents a single bitmap. | |
| Kernel bit set length may differ from userspace length if older application is | |
| used on newer kernel or vice versa. If userspace bitmap is longer, an error is | |
| issued only if the request actually tries to set values of some bits not | |
| recognized by kernel. | |
| Bit-by-bit form: nested (bitset) attribute contents: | |
| +------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_NOMASK`` | flag | no mask, only a list | | |
| +------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_SIZE`` | u32 | number of significant bits | | |
| +------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BITS`` | nested | array of bits | | |
| +-+----------------------------------+--------+-----------------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BITS_BIT+`` | nested | one bit | | |
| +-+-+--------------------------------+--------+-----------------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BIT_INDEX`` | u32 | bit index (0 for LSB) | | |
| +-+-+--------------------------------+--------+-----------------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BIT_NAME`` | string | bit name | | |
| +-+-+--------------------------------+--------+-----------------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BIT_VALUE`` | flag | present if bit is set | | |
| +-+-+--------------------------------+--------+-----------------------------+ | |
| Bit size is optional for bit-by-bit form. ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BITS`` nest can | |
| only contain ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BITS_BIT`` attributes but there can be an | |
| arbitrary number of them. A bit may be identified by its index or by its | |
| name. When used in requests, listed bits are set to 0 or 1 according to | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BIT_VALUE``, the rest is preserved. A request fails if | |
| index exceeds kernel bit length or if name is not recognized. | |
| When ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_NOMASK`` flag is present, bitset is interpreted as | |
| a simple bitmap. ``ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BIT_VALUE`` attributes are not used in | |
| such case. Such bitset represents a bitmap with listed bits set and the rest | |
| zero. | |
| In requests, application can use either form. Form used by kernel in reply is | |
| determined by ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_COMPACT_BITSETS`` flag in flags field of request | |
| header. Semantics of value and mask depends on the attribute. | |
| List of message types | |
| ===================== | |
| All constants identifying message types use ``ETHTOOL_CMD_`` prefix and suffix | |
| according to message purpose: | |
| ============== ====================================== | |
| ``_GET`` userspace request to retrieve data | |
| ``_SET`` userspace request to set data | |
| ``_ACT`` userspace request to perform an action | |
| ``_GET_REPLY`` kernel reply to a ``GET`` request | |
| ``_SET_REPLY`` kernel reply to a ``SET`` request | |
| ``_ACT_REPLY`` kernel reply to an ``ACT`` request | |
| ``_NTF`` kernel notification | |
| ============== ====================================== | |
| Userspace to kernel: | |
| ===================================== ================================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET`` get string set | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_GET`` get link settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_SET`` set link settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_GET`` get link modes info | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_SET`` set link modes info | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKSTATE_GET`` get link state | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_GET`` get debugging settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_SET`` set debugging settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_GET`` get wake-on-lan settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_SET`` set wake-on-lan settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` get device features | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` set device features | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PRIVFLAGS_GET`` get private flags | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PRIVFLAGS_SET`` set private flags | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RINGS_GET`` get ring sizes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RINGS_SET`` set ring sizes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CHANNELS_GET`` get channel counts | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CHANNELS_SET`` set channel counts | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_GET`` get coalescing parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_SET`` set coalescing parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PAUSE_GET`` get pause parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PAUSE_SET`` set pause parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_GET`` get EEE settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_SET`` set EEE settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_GET`` get timestamping info | |
| ``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 | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHC_VCLOCKS_GET`` get PHC virtual clocks info | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_SET`` set transceiver module parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_GET`` get transceiver module parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PSE_SET`` set PSE parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PSE_GET`` get PSE parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET`` get RSS settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_GET_CFG`` get PLCA RS parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_SET_CFG`` set PLCA RS parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_GET_STATUS`` get PLCA RS status | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET`` get MAC merge layer state | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_SET`` set MAC merge layer parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_FW_FLASH_ACT`` flash transceiver module firmware | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_GET`` get Ethernet PHY information | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_GET`` get hw timestamping configuration | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_SET`` set hw timestamping configuration | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_SET`` set RSS settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_CREATE_ACT`` create an additional RSS context | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_DELETE_ACT`` delete an additional RSS context | |
| ===================================== ================================= | |
| 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_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 | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHC_VCLOCKS_GET_REPLY`` PHC virtual clocks info | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_GET_REPLY`` transceiver module parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PSE_GET_REPLY`` PSE parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET_REPLY`` RSS settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_NTF`` RSS settings | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_GET_CFG_REPLY`` PLCA RS parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_GET_STATUS_REPLY`` PLCA RS status | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_NTF`` PLCA RS parameters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET_REPLY`` MAC merge layer status | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_FW_FLASH_NTF`` transceiver module flash updates | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_GET_REPLY`` Ethernet PHY information | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_NTF`` Ethernet PHY information change | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_GET_REPLY`` hw timestamping configuration | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_SET_REPLY`` new hw timestamping configuration | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PSE_NTF`` PSE events notification | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_NTF`` RSS settings notification | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_CREATE_ACT_REPLY`` create an additional RSS context | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_CREATE_NTF`` additional RSS context created | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_DELETE_NTF`` additional RSS context deleted | |
| ======================================== ================================= | |
| ``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device | |
| information. They usually do not contain any message specific attributes. | |
| Kernel replies with corresponding "GET_REPLY" message. For most types, ``GET`` | |
| request with ``NLM_F_DUMP`` and no device identification can be used to query | |
| the information for all devices supporting the request. | |
| If the data can be also modified, corresponding ``SET`` message with the same | |
| layout as corresponding ``GET_REPLY`` is used to request changes. Only | |
| attributes where a change is requested are included in such request (also, not | |
| all attributes may be changed). Replies to most ``SET`` request consist only | |
| of error code and extack; if kernel provides additional data, it is sent in | |
| the form of corresponding ``SET_REPLY`` message which can be suppressed by | |
| setting ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_OMIT_REPLY`` flag in request header. | |
| Data modification also triggers sending a ``NTF`` message with a notification. | |
| These usually bear only a subset of attributes which was affected by the | |
| change. The same notification is issued if the data is modified using other | |
| means (mostly ioctl ethtool interface). Unlike notifications from ethtool | |
| netlink code which are only sent if something actually changed, notifications | |
| triggered by ioctl interface may be sent even if the request did not actually | |
| change any data. | |
| ``ACT`` messages request kernel (driver) to perform a specific action. If some | |
| information is reported by kernel (which can be suppressed by setting | |
| ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_OMIT_REPLY`` flag in request header), the reply takes form of | |
| an ``ACT_REPLY`` message. Performing an action also triggers a notification | |
| (``NTF`` message). | |
| Later sections describe the format and semantics of these messages. | |
| STRSET_GET | |
| ========== | |
| Requests contents of a string set as provided by ioctl commands | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GSSET_INFO`` and ``ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS.`` String sets are not user | |
| writeable so that the corresponding ``STRSET_SET`` message is only used in | |
| kernel replies. There are two types of string sets: global (independent of | |
| a device, e.g. device feature names) and device specific (e.g. device private | |
| flags). | |
| Request contents: | |
| +---------------------------------------+--------+------------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_HEADER`` | nested | request header | | |
| +---------------------------------------+--------+------------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_STRINGSETS`` | nested | string set to request | | |
| +-+-------------------------------------+--------+------------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRINGSETS_STRINGSET+`` | nested | one string set | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------+--------+------------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRINGSET_ID`` | u32 | set id | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------+--------+------------------------+ | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| +---------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | | |
| +---------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_STRINGSETS`` | nested | array of string sets | | |
| +-+-------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRINGSETS_STRINGSET+`` | nested | one string set | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRINGSET_ID`` | u32 | set id | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRINGSET_COUNT`` | u32 | number of strings | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRINGSET_STRINGS`` | nested | array of strings | | |
| +-+-+-+---------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRINGS_STRING+`` | nested | one string | | |
| +-+-+-+-+-------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRING_INDEX`` | u32 | string index | | |
| +-+-+-+-+-------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRING_VALUE`` | string | string value | | |
| +-+-+-+-+-------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_COUNTS_ONLY`` | flag | return only counts | | |
| +---------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| Device identification in request header is optional. Depending on its presence | |
| a and ``NLM_F_DUMP`` flag, there are three type of ``STRSET_GET`` requests: | |
| - no ``NLM_F_DUMP,`` no device: get "global" stringsets | |
| - no ``NLM_F_DUMP``, with device: get string sets related to the device | |
| - ``NLM_F_DUMP``, no device: get device related string sets for all devices | |
| If there is no ``ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_STRINGSETS`` array, all string sets of | |
| requested type are returned, otherwise only those specified in the request. | |
| Flag ``ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_COUNTS_ONLY`` tells kernel to only return string | |
| counts of the sets, not the actual strings. | |
| LINKINFO_GET | |
| ============ | |
| Requests link settings as provided by ``ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS`` except for | |
| link modes and autonegotiation related information. The request does not use | |
| any attributes. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_PORT`` u8 physical port | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_PHYADDR`` u8 phy MDIO address | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_TP_MDIX`` u8 MDI(-X) status | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_TP_MDIX_CTRL`` u8 MDI(-X) control | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_TRANSCEIVER`` u8 transceiver | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Attributes and their values have the same meaning as matching members of the | |
| corresponding ioctl structures. | |
| ``LINKINFO_GET`` allows dump requests (kernel returns reply message for all | |
| devices supporting the request). | |
| LINKINFO_SET | |
| ============ | |
| ``LINKINFO_SET`` request allows setting some of the attributes reported by | |
| ``LINKINFO_GET``. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_PORT`` u8 physical port | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_PHYADDR`` u8 phy MDIO address | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_TP_MDIX_CTRL`` u8 MDI(-X) control | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| MDI(-X) status and transceiver cannot be set, request with the corresponding | |
| attributes is rejected. | |
| LINKMODES_GET | |
| ============= | |
| Requests link modes (supported, advertised and peer advertised) and related | |
| information (autonegotiation status, link speed and duplex) as provided by | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS``. The request does not use any attributes. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ========================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_AUTONEG`` u8 autonegotiation status | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_OURS`` bitset advertised link modes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_PEER`` bitset partner link modes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_SPEED`` u32 link speed (Mb/s) | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_DUPLEX`` u8 duplex mode | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_MASTER_SLAVE_CFG`` u8 Master/slave port mode | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_MASTER_SLAVE_STATE`` u8 Master/slave port state | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_RATE_MATCHING`` u8 PHY rate matching | |
| ========================================== ====== ========================== | |
| For ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_OURS``, value represents advertised modes and mask | |
| represents supported modes. ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_PEER`` in the reply is a bit | |
| list. | |
| ``LINKMODES_GET`` allows dump requests (kernel returns reply messages for all | |
| devices supporting the request). | |
| LINKMODES_SET | |
| ============= | |
| Request contents: | |
| ========================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_AUTONEG`` u8 autonegotiation status | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_OURS`` bitset advertised link modes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_PEER`` bitset partner link modes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_SPEED`` u32 link speed (Mb/s) | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_DUPLEX`` u8 duplex mode | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_MASTER_SLAVE_CFG`` u8 Master/slave port mode | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_RATE_MATCHING`` u8 PHY rate matching | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_LANES`` u32 lanes | |
| ========================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_OURS`` bit set allows setting advertised link modes. If | |
| autonegotiation is on (either set now or kept from before), advertised modes | |
| are not changed (no ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKMODES_OURS`` attribute) and at least one | |
| of speed, duplex and lanes is specified, kernel adjusts advertised modes to all | |
| supported modes matching speed, duplex, lanes or all (whatever is specified). | |
| This autoselection is done on ethtool side with ioctl interface, netlink | |
| interface is supposed to allow requesting changes without knowing what exactly | |
| kernel supports. | |
| LINKSTATE_GET | |
| ============= | |
| Requests link state information. Link up/down flag (as provided by | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GLINK`` ioctl command) is provided. Optionally, extended state might | |
| be provided as well. In general, extended state describes reasons for why a port | |
| is down, or why it operates in some non-obvious mode. This request does not have | |
| any attributes. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ============================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_LINK`` bool link state (up/down) | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_SQI`` u32 Current Signal Quality Index | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_SQI_MAX`` u32 Max support SQI value | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_STATE`` u8 link extended state | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_SUBSTATE`` u8 link extended substate | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_DOWN_CNT`` u32 count of link down events | |
| ==================================== ====== ============================ | |
| For most NIC drivers, the value of ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_LINK`` returns | |
| carrier flag provided by ``netif_carrier_ok()`` but there are drivers which | |
| define their own handler. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_STATE`` and ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_SUBSTATE`` are | |
| optional values. ethtool core can provide either both | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_STATE`` and ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_SUBSTATE``, | |
| or only ``ETHTOOL_A_LINKSTATE_EXT_STATE``, or none of them. | |
| ``LINKSTATE_GET`` allows dump requests (kernel returns reply messages for all | |
| devices supporting the request). | |
| Link extended states: | |
| ================================================ ============================================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_AUTONEG`` States relating to the autonegotiation or | |
| issues therein | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_LINK_TRAINING_FAILURE`` Failure during link training | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_LINK_LOGICAL_MISMATCH`` Logical mismatch in physical coding sublayer | |
| or forward error correction sublayer | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_BAD_SIGNAL_INTEGRITY`` Signal integrity issues | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_NO_CABLE`` No cable connected | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_CABLE_ISSUE`` Failure is related to cable, | |
| e.g., unsupported cable | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_EEPROM_ISSUE`` Failure is related to EEPROM, e.g., failure | |
| during reading or parsing the data | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_CALIBRATION_FAILURE`` Failure during calibration algorithm | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_POWER_BUDGET_EXCEEDED`` The hardware is not able to provide the | |
| power required from cable or module | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_OVERHEAT`` The module is overheated | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_MODULE`` Transceiver module issue | |
| ================================================ ============================================ | |
| Link extended substates: | |
| Autoneg substates: | |
| =============================================================== ================================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_AN_NO_PARTNER_DETECTED`` Peer side is down | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_AN_ACK_NOT_RECEIVED`` Ack not received from peer side | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_AN_NEXT_PAGE_EXCHANGE_FAILED`` Next page exchange failed | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_AN_NO_PARTNER_DETECTED_FORCE_MODE`` Peer side is down during force | |
| mode or there is no agreement of | |
| speed | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_AN_FEC_MISMATCH_DURING_OVERRIDE`` Forward error correction modes | |
| in both sides are mismatched | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_AN_NO_HCD`` No Highest Common Denominator | |
| =============================================================== ================================ | |
| Link training substates: | |
| =========================================================================== ==================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_LT_KR_FRAME_LOCK_NOT_ACQUIRED`` Frames were not | |
| recognized, the | |
| lock failed | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_LT_KR_LINK_INHIBIT_TIMEOUT`` The lock did not | |
| occur before | |
| timeout | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_LT_KR_LINK_PARTNER_DID_NOT_SET_RECEIVER_READY`` Peer side did not | |
| send ready signal | |
| after training | |
| process | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_LT_REMOTE_FAULT`` Remote side is not | |
| ready yet | |
| =========================================================================== ==================== | |
| Link logical mismatch substates: | |
| ================================================================ =============================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_LLM_PCS_DID_NOT_ACQUIRE_BLOCK_LOCK`` Physical coding sublayer was | |
| not locked in first phase - | |
| block lock | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_LLM_PCS_DID_NOT_ACQUIRE_AM_LOCK`` Physical coding sublayer was | |
| not locked in second phase - | |
| alignment markers lock | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_LLM_PCS_DID_NOT_GET_ALIGN_STATUS`` Physical coding sublayer did | |
| not get align status | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_LLM_FC_FEC_IS_NOT_LOCKED`` FC forward error correction is | |
| not locked | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_LLM_RS_FEC_IS_NOT_LOCKED`` RS forward error correction is | |
| not locked | |
| ================================================================ =============================== | |
| Bad signal integrity substates: | |
| ================================================================= ============================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_LARGE_NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_ERRORS`` Large number of physical | |
| errors | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_UNSUPPORTED_RATE`` The system attempted to | |
| operate the cable at a rate | |
| that is not formally | |
| supported, which led to | |
| signal integrity issues | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_SERDES_REFERENCE_CLOCK_LOST`` The external clock signal for | |
| SerDes is too weak or | |
| unavailable. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_SERDES_ALOS`` The received signal for | |
| SerDes is too weak because | |
| analog loss of signal. | |
| ================================================================= ============================= | |
| Cable issue substates: | |
| =================================================== ============================================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_CI_UNSUPPORTED_CABLE`` Unsupported cable | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_CI_CABLE_TEST_FAILURE`` Cable test failure | |
| =================================================== ============================================ | |
| Transceiver module issue substates: | |
| =================================================== ============================================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_MODULE_CMIS_NOT_READY`` The CMIS Module State Machine did not reach | |
| the ModuleReady state. For example, if the | |
| module is stuck at ModuleFault state | |
| =================================================== ============================================ | |
| DEBUG_GET | |
| ========= | |
| Requests debugging settings of a device. At the moment, only message mask is | |
| provided. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_DEBUG_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_DEBUG_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_DEBUG_MSGMASK`` bitset message mask | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| The message mask (``ETHTOOL_A_DEBUG_MSGMASK``) is equal to message level as | |
| provided by ``ETHTOOL_GMSGLVL`` and set by ``ETHTOOL_SMSGLVL`` in ioctl | |
| interface. While it is called message level there for historical reasons, most | |
| drivers and almost all newer drivers use it as a mask of enabled message | |
| classes (represented by ``NETIF_MSG_*`` constants); therefore netlink | |
| interface follows its actual use in practice. | |
| ``DEBUG_GET`` allows dump requests (kernel returns reply messages for all | |
| devices supporting the request). | |
| DEBUG_SET | |
| ========= | |
| Set or update debugging settings of a device. At the moment, only message mask | |
| is supported. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_DEBUG_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_DEBUG_MSGMASK`` bitset message mask | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_DEBUG_MSGMASK`` bit set allows setting or modifying mask of | |
| enabled debugging message types for the device. | |
| WOL_GET | |
| ======= | |
| Query device wake-on-lan settings. Unlike most "GET" type requests, | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_GET`` requires (netns) ``CAP_NET_ADMIN`` privileges as it | |
| (potentially) provides SecureOn(tm) password which is confidential. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_WOL_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_WOL_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_WOL_MODES`` bitset mask of enabled WoL modes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_WOL_SOPASS`` binary SecureOn(tm) password | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| In reply, ``ETHTOOL_A_WOL_MODES`` mask consists of modes supported by the | |
| device, value of modes which are enabled. ``ETHTOOL_A_WOL_SOPASS`` is only | |
| included in reply if ``WAKE_MAGICSECURE`` mode is supported. | |
| WOL_SET | |
| ======= | |
| Set or update wake-on-lan settings. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_WOL_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_WOL_MODES`` bitset enabled WoL modes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_WOL_SOPASS`` binary SecureOn(tm) password | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_WOL_SOPASS`` is only allowed for devices supporting | |
| ``WAKE_MAGICSECURE`` mode. | |
| FEATURES_GET | |
| ============ | |
| Gets netdev features like ``ETHTOOL_GFEATURES`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_HW`` bitset dev->hw_features | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_WANTED`` bitset dev->wanted_features | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_ACTIVE`` bitset dev->features | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_NOCHANGE`` bitset NETIF_F_NEVER_CHANGE | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Bitmaps in kernel response have the same meaning as bitmaps used in ioctl | |
| interference but attribute names are different (they are based on | |
| corresponding members of struct net_device). Legacy "flags" are not provided, | |
| if userspace needs them (most likely only ethtool for backward compatibility), | |
| it can calculate their values from related feature bits itself. | |
| ETHA_FEATURES_HW uses mask consisting of all features recognized by kernel (to | |
| provide all names when using verbose bitmap format), the other three use no | |
| mask (simple bit lists). | |
| FEATURES_SET | |
| ============ | |
| Request to set netdev features like ``ETHTOOL_SFEATURES`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_WANTED`` bitset requested features | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_WANTED`` bitset diff wanted vs. result | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_ACTIVE`` bitset diff old vs. new active | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Request contains only one bitset which can be either value/mask pair (request | |
| to change specific feature bits and leave the rest) or only a value (request | |
| to set all features to specified set). | |
| As request is subject to netdev_change_features() sanity checks, optional | |
| kernel reply (can be suppressed by ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_OMIT_REPLY`` flag in request | |
| header) informs client about the actual result. ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_WANTED`` | |
| reports the difference between client request and actual result: mask consists | |
| of bits which differ between requested features and result (dev->features | |
| after the operation), value consists of values of these bits in the request | |
| (i.e. negated values from resulting features). ``ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_ACTIVE`` | |
| reports the difference between old and new dev->features: mask consists of | |
| bits which have changed, values are their values in new dev->features (after | |
| the operation). | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF`` notification is sent not only if device features | |
| are modified using ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` request or on of ethtool ioctl | |
| request but also each time features are modified with netdev_update_features() | |
| or netdev_change_features(). | |
| PRIVFLAGS_GET | |
| ============= | |
| Gets private flags like ``ETHTOOL_GPFLAGS`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PRIVFLAGS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PRIVFLAGS_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PRIVFLAGS_FLAGS`` bitset private flags | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PRIVFLAGS_FLAGS`` is a bitset with values of device private flags. | |
| These flags are defined by driver, their number and names (and also meaning) | |
| are device dependent. For compact bitset format, names can be retrieved as | |
| ``ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS`` string set. If verbose bitset format is requested, | |
| response uses all private flags supported by the device as mask so that client | |
| gets the full information without having to fetch the string set with names. | |
| PRIVFLAGS_SET | |
| ============= | |
| Sets or modifies values of device private flags like ``ETHTOOL_SPFLAGS`` | |
| ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PRIVFLAGS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PRIVFLAGS_FLAGS`` bitset private flags | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PRIVFLAGS_FLAGS`` can either set the whole set of private flags or | |
| modify only values of some of them. | |
| RINGS_GET | |
| ========= | |
| Gets ring sizes like ``ETHTOOL_GRINGPARAM`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ======================================= ====== =========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_MAX`` u32 max size of RX ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_MINI_MAX`` u32 max size of RX mini ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_JUMBO_MAX`` u32 max size of RX jumbo ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_MAX`` u32 max size of TX ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX`` u32 size of RX ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_MINI`` u32 size of RX mini ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_JUMBO`` u32 size of RX jumbo ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX`` u32 size of TX ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_BUF_LEN`` u32 size of buffers on the ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TCP_DATA_SPLIT`` u8 TCP header / data split | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_CQE_SIZE`` u32 Size of TX/RX CQE | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH`` u8 flag of TX Push mode | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_PUSH`` u8 flag of RX Push mode | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH_BUF_LEN`` u32 size of TX push buffer | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH_BUF_LEN_MAX`` u32 max size of TX push buffer | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_HDS_THRESH`` u32 threshold of | |
| header / data split | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_HDS_THRESH_MAX`` u32 max threshold of | |
| header / data split | |
| ======================================= ====== =========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TCP_DATA_SPLIT`` indicates whether the device is usable with | |
| page-flipping TCP zero-copy receive (``getsockopt(TCP_ZEROCOPY_RECEIVE)``). | |
| If enabled the device is configured to place frame headers and data into | |
| separate buffers. The device configuration must make it possible to receive | |
| full memory pages of data, for example because MTU is high enough or through | |
| HW-GRO. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_[RX|TX]_PUSH`` flag is used to enable descriptor fast | |
| path to send or receive packets. In ordinary path, driver fills descriptors in DRAM and | |
| notifies NIC hardware. In fast path, driver pushes descriptors to the device | |
| through MMIO writes, thus reducing the latency. However, enabling this feature | |
| may increase the CPU cost. Drivers may enforce additional per-packet | |
| eligibility checks (e.g. on packet size). | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH_BUF_LEN`` specifies the maximum number of bytes of a | |
| transmitted packet a driver can push directly to the underlying device | |
| ('push' mode). Pushing some of the payload bytes to the device has the | |
| advantages of reducing latency for small packets by avoiding DMA mapping (same | |
| as ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH`` parameter) as well as allowing the underlying | |
| device to process packet headers ahead of fetching its payload. | |
| This can help the device to make fast actions based on the packet's headers. | |
| This is similar to the "tx-copybreak" parameter, which copies the packet to a | |
| preallocated DMA memory area instead of mapping new memory. However, | |
| tx-push-buff parameter copies the packet directly to the device to allow the | |
| device to take faster actions on the packet. | |
| RINGS_SET | |
| ========= | |
| Sets ring sizes like ``ETHTOOL_SRINGPARAM`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== =========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX`` u32 size of RX ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_MINI`` u32 size of RX mini ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_JUMBO`` u32 size of RX jumbo ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX`` u32 size of TX ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_BUF_LEN`` u32 size of buffers on the ring | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TCP_DATA_SPLIT`` u8 TCP header / data split | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_CQE_SIZE`` u32 Size of TX/RX CQE | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH`` u8 flag of TX Push mode | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_PUSH`` u8 flag of RX Push mode | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH_BUF_LEN`` u32 size of TX push buffer | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_HDS_THRESH`` u32 threshold of header / data split | |
| ==================================== ====== =========================== | |
| Kernel checks that requested ring sizes do not exceed limits reported by | |
| driver. Driver may impose additional constraints and may not support all | |
| attributes. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_CQE_SIZE`` specifies the completion queue event size. | |
| Completion queue events (CQE) are the events posted by NIC to indicate the | |
| completion status of a packet when the packet is sent (like send success or | |
| error) or received (like pointers to packet fragments). The CQE size parameter | |
| enables to modify the CQE size other than default size if NIC supports it. | |
| A bigger CQE can have more receive buffer pointers, and in turn the NIC can | |
| transfer a bigger frame from wire. Based on the NIC hardware, the overall | |
| completion queue size can be adjusted in the driver if CQE size is modified. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_HDS_THRESH`` specifies the threshold value of | |
| header / data split feature. If a received packet size is larger than this | |
| threshold value, header and data will be split. | |
| CHANNELS_GET | |
| ============ | |
| Gets channel counts like ``ETHTOOL_GCHANNELS`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_RX_MAX`` u32 max receive channels | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_TX_MAX`` u32 max transmit channels | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_OTHER_MAX`` u32 max other channels | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_COMBINED_MAX`` u32 max combined channels | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_RX_COUNT`` u32 receive channel count | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_TX_COUNT`` u32 transmit channel count | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_OTHER_COUNT`` u32 other channel count | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_COMBINED_COUNT`` u32 combined channel count | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| CHANNELS_SET | |
| ============ | |
| Sets channel counts like ``ETHTOOL_SCHANNELS`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_RX_COUNT`` u32 receive channel count | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_TX_COUNT`` u32 transmit channel count | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_OTHER_COUNT`` u32 other channel count | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CHANNELS_COMBINED_COUNT`` u32 combined channel count | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel checks that requested channel counts do not exceed limits reported by | |
| driver. Driver may impose additional constraints and may not support all | |
| attributes. | |
| COALESCE_GET | |
| ============ | |
| Gets coalescing parameters like ``ETHTOOL_GCOALESCE`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| =========================================== ====== ======================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS`` u32 delay (us), normal Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES`` u32 max packets, normal Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS_IRQ`` u32 delay (us), Rx in IRQ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES_IRQ`` u32 max packets, Rx in IRQ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS`` u32 delay (us), normal Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES`` u32 max packets, normal Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS_IRQ`` u32 delay (us), Tx in IRQ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES_IRQ`` u32 IRQ packets, Tx in IRQ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_STATS_BLOCK_USECS`` u32 delay of stats update | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_ADAPTIVE_RX`` bool adaptive Rx coalesce | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_ADAPTIVE_TX`` bool adaptive Tx coalesce | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_PKT_RATE_LOW`` u32 threshold for low rate | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS_LOW`` u32 delay (us), low Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES_LOW`` u32 max packets, low Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS_LOW`` u32 delay (us), low Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES_LOW`` u32 max packets, low Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_PKT_RATE_HIGH`` u32 threshold for high rate | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS_HIGH`` u32 delay (us), high Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES_HIGH`` u32 max packets, high Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS_HIGH`` u32 delay (us), high Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES_HIGH`` u32 max packets, high Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RATE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL`` u32 rate sampling interval | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_CQE_TX`` bool timer reset mode, Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_CQE_RX`` bool timer reset mode, Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_BYTES`` u32 max aggr size, Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_FRAMES`` u32 max aggr packets, Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_TIME_USECS`` u32 time (us), aggr, Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_PROFILE`` nested profile of DIM, Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_PROFILE`` nested profile of DIM, Tx | |
| =========================================== ====== ======================= | |
| Attributes are only included in reply if their value is not zero or the | |
| corresponding bit in ``ethtool_ops::supported_coalesce_params`` is set (i.e. | |
| they are declared as supported by driver). | |
| Timer reset mode (``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_CQE_TX`` and | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_CQE_RX``) controls the interaction between packet | |
| arrival and the various time based delay parameters. By default timers are | |
| expected to limit the max delay between any packet arrival/departure and a | |
| corresponding interrupt. In this mode timer should be started by packet | |
| arrival (sometimes delivery of previous interrupt) and reset when interrupt | |
| is delivered. | |
| Setting the appropriate attribute to 1 will enable ``CQE`` mode, where | |
| each packet event resets the timer. In this mode timer is used to force | |
| the interrupt if queue goes idle, while busy queues depend on the packet | |
| limit to trigger interrupts. | |
| Tx aggregation consists of copying frames into a contiguous buffer so that they | |
| can be submitted as a single IO operation. ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_BYTES`` | |
| describes the maximum size in bytes for the submitted buffer. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_FRAMES`` describes the maximum number of frames | |
| that can be aggregated into a single buffer. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_TIME_USECS`` describes the amount of time in usecs, | |
| counted since the first packet arrival in an aggregated block, after which the | |
| block should be sent. | |
| This feature is mainly of interest for specific USB devices which does not cope | |
| well with frequent small-sized URBs transmissions. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_PROFILE`` and ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_PROFILE`` refer | |
| to DIM parameters, see `Generic Network Dynamic Interrupt Moderation (Net DIM) | |
| <https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/net_dim.rst>`_. | |
| COALESCE_SET | |
| ============ | |
| Sets coalescing parameters like ``ETHTOOL_SCOALESCE`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| =========================================== ====== ======================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS`` u32 delay (us), normal Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES`` u32 max packets, normal Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS_IRQ`` u32 delay (us), Rx in IRQ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES_IRQ`` u32 max packets, Rx in IRQ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS`` u32 delay (us), normal Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES`` u32 max packets, normal Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS_IRQ`` u32 delay (us), Tx in IRQ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES_IRQ`` u32 IRQ packets, Tx in IRQ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_STATS_BLOCK_USECS`` u32 delay of stats update | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_ADAPTIVE_RX`` bool adaptive Rx coalesce | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_ADAPTIVE_TX`` bool adaptive Tx coalesce | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_PKT_RATE_LOW`` u32 threshold for low rate | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS_LOW`` u32 delay (us), low Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES_LOW`` u32 max packets, low Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS_LOW`` u32 delay (us), low Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES_LOW`` u32 max packets, low Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_PKT_RATE_HIGH`` u32 threshold for high rate | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS_HIGH`` u32 delay (us), high Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES_HIGH`` u32 max packets, high Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS_HIGH`` u32 delay (us), high Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES_HIGH`` u32 max packets, high Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RATE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL`` u32 rate sampling interval | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_CQE_TX`` bool timer reset mode, Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_CQE_RX`` bool timer reset mode, Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_BYTES`` u32 max aggr size, Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_FRAMES`` u32 max aggr packets, Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_TIME_USECS`` u32 time (us), aggr, Tx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_PROFILE`` nested profile of DIM, Rx | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_PROFILE`` nested profile of DIM, Tx | |
| =========================================== ====== ======================= | |
| Request is rejected if it attributes declared as unsupported by driver (i.e. | |
| such that the corresponding bit in ``ethtool_ops::supported_coalesce_params`` | |
| is not set), regardless of their values. Driver may impose additional | |
| constraints on coalescing parameters and their values. | |
| Compared to requests issued via the ``ioctl()`` netlink version of this request | |
| will try harder to make sure that values specified by the user have been applied | |
| and may call the driver twice. | |
| PAUSE_GET | |
| ========= | |
| Gets pause frame settings like ``ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STATS_SRC`` u32 source of statistics | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STATS_SRC`` is optional. It takes values from: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_mac_stats_src | |
| If absent from the request, stats will be provided with | |
| an ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STATS_SRC`` attribute in the response equal to | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MAC_STATS_SRC_AGGREGATE``. | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_AUTONEG`` bool pause autonegotiation | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_RX`` bool receive pause frames | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_TX`` bool transmit pause frames | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STATS`` nested pause statistics | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STATS`` are reported if ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS`` was set | |
| in ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS``. | |
| It will be empty if driver did not report any statistics. Drivers fill in | |
| the statistics in the following structure: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_pause_stats | |
| Each member has a corresponding attribute defined. | |
| PAUSE_SET | |
| ========= | |
| Sets pause parameters like ``ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_AUTONEG`` bool pause autonegotiation | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_RX`` bool receive pause frames | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_TX`` bool transmit pause frames | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| EEE_GET | |
| ======= | |
| Gets Energy Efficient Ethernet settings like ``ETHTOOL_GEEE`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_MODES_OURS`` bool supported/advertised modes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_MODES_PEER`` bool peer advertised link modes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_ACTIVE`` bool EEE is actively used | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_ENABLED`` bool EEE is enabled | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_TX_LPI_ENABLED`` bool Tx lpi enabled | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_TX_LPI_TIMER`` u32 Tx lpi timeout (in us) | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| In ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_MODES_OURS``, mask consists of link modes for which EEE is | |
| enabled, value of link modes for which EEE is advertised. Link modes for which | |
| peer advertises EEE are listed in ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_MODES_PEER`` (no mask). The | |
| netlink interface allows reporting EEE status for all link modes but only | |
| first 32 are provided by the ``ethtool_ops`` callback. | |
| EEE_SET | |
| ======= | |
| Sets Energy Efficient Ethernet parameters like ``ETHTOOL_SEEE`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_MODES_OURS`` bool advertised modes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_ENABLED`` bool EEE is enabled | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_TX_LPI_ENABLED`` bool Tx lpi enabled | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_TX_LPI_TIMER`` u32 Tx lpi timeout (in us) | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_EEE_MODES_OURS`` is used to either list link modes to advertise | |
| EEE for (if there is no mask) or specify changes to the list (if there is | |
| a mask). The netlink interface allows reporting EEE status for all link modes | |
| but only first 32 can be set at the moment as that is what the ``ethtool_ops`` | |
| callback supports. | |
| TSINFO_GET | |
| ========== | |
| Gets timestamping information like ``ETHTOOL_GET_TS_INFO`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ======================================== ====== ============================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_HWTSTAMP_PROVIDER`` nested PTP hw clock provider | |
| ======================================== ====== ============================ | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_TIMESTAMPING`` bitset SO_TIMESTAMPING flags | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_TX_TYPES`` bitset supported Tx types | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_RX_FILTERS`` bitset supported Rx filters | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_PHC_INDEX`` u32 PTP hw clock index | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_STATS`` nested HW timestamping statistics | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_PHC_INDEX`` is absent if there is no associated PHC (there | |
| is no special value for this case). The bitset attributes are omitted if they | |
| would be empty (no bit set). | |
| Additional hardware timestamping statistics response contents: | |
| ================================================== ====== ===================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_PKTS`` uint Packets with Tx | |
| HW timestamps | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_LOST`` uint Tx HW timestamp | |
| not arrived count | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_ERR`` uint HW error request | |
| Tx timestamp count | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_ONESTEP_PKTS_UNCONFIRMED`` uint Packets with one-step | |
| HW TX timestamps with | |
| unconfirmed delivery | |
| ================================================== ====== ===================== | |
| CABLE_TEST | |
| ========== | |
| Start a cable test. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Notification contents: | |
| An Ethernet cable typically contains 1, 2 or 4 pairs. The length of | |
| the pair can only be measured when there is a fault in the pair and | |
| hence a reflection. Information about the fault may not be available, | |
| depending on the specific hardware. Hence the contents of the notify | |
| message are mostly optional. The attributes can be repeated an | |
| arbitrary number of times, in an arbitrary order, for an arbitrary | |
| number of pairs. | |
| The example shows the notification sent when the test is completed for | |
| a T2 cable, i.e. two pairs. One pair is OK and hence has no length | |
| information. The second pair has a fault and does have length | |
| information. | |
| +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | | |
| +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_STATUS`` | u8 | completed | | |
| +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_NTF_NEST`` | nested | all the results | | |
| +-+-------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_NEST_RESULT`` | nested | cable test result | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_CODE`` | u8 | result code | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_NEST_RESULT`` | nested | cable test results | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_CODE`` | u8 | result code | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULT_SRC`` | u32 | information source | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_NEST_FAULT_LENGTH`` | nested | cable length | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_FAULT_LENGTH_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_FAULT_LENGTH_CM`` | u32 | length in cm | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_FAULT_LENGTH_SRC`` | u32 | information source | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| CABLE_TEST TDR | |
| ============== | |
| Start a cable test and report raw TDR data | |
| Request contents: | |
| +--------------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | | |
| +--------------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_CFG`` | nested | test configuration | | |
| +-+------------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_STEP_FIRST_DISTANCE`` | u32 | first data distance | | |
| +-+-+----------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_STEP_LAST_DISTANCE`` | u32 | last data distance | | |
| +-+-+----------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_STEP_STEP_DISTANCE`` | u32 | distance of each step | | |
| +-+-+----------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_CFG_PAIR`` | u8 | pair to test | | |
| +-+-+----------------------------------------+--------+-----------------------+ | |
| The ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_CFG is optional, as well as all members | |
| of the nest. All distances are expressed in centimeters. The PHY takes | |
| the distances as a guide, and rounds to the nearest distance it | |
| actually supports. If a pair is passed, only that one pair will be | |
| tested. Otherwise all pairs are tested. | |
| Notification contents: | |
| Raw TDR data is gathered by sending a pulse down the cable and | |
| recording the amplitude of the reflected pulse for a given distance. | |
| It can take a number of seconds to collect TDR data, especial if the | |
| full 100 meters is probed at 1 meter intervals. When the test is | |
| started a notification will be sent containing just | |
| ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_STATUS with the value | |
| ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_NTF_STATUS_STARTED. | |
| When the test has completed a second notification will be sent | |
| containing ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_STATUS with the value | |
| ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_NTF_STATUS_COMPLETED and the TDR data. | |
| The message may optionally contain the amplitude of the pulse send | |
| down the cable. This is measured in mV. A reflection should not be | |
| bigger than transmitted pulse. | |
| Before the raw TDR data should be an ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_STEP | |
| nest containing information about the distance along the cable for the | |
| first reading, the last reading, and the step between each | |
| reading. Distances are measured in centimeters. These should be the | |
| exact values the PHY used. These may be different to what the user | |
| requested, if the native measurement resolution is greater than 1 cm. | |
| For each step along the cable, a ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_AMPLITUDE is | |
| used to report the amplitude of the reflection for a given pair. | |
| +---------------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | | |
| +---------------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_STATUS`` | u8 | completed | | |
| +---------------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_NTF_NEST`` | nested | all the results | | |
| +-+-------------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_PULSE`` | nested | TX Pulse amplitude | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_PULSE_mV`` | s16 | Pulse amplitude | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_NEST_STEP`` | nested | TDR step info | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_STEP_FIRST_DISTANCE`` | u32 | First data distance | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_STEP_LAST_DISTANCE`` | u32 | Last data distance | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_STEP_STEP_DISTANCE`` | u32 | distance of each step| | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_AMPLITUDE`` | nested | Reflection amplitude | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_AMPLITUDE_mV`` | s16 | Reflection amplitude | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_AMPLITUDE`` | nested | Reflection amplitude | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_AMPLITUDE_mV`` | s16 | Reflection amplitude | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_AMPLITUDE`` | nested | Reflection amplitude | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_AMPLITUDE_mV`` | s16 | Reflection amplitude | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ | |
| TUNNEL_INFO | |
| =========== | |
| Gets information about the tunnel state NIC is aware of. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_INFO_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_INFO_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | | |
| +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_INFO_UDP_PORTS`` | nested | all UDP port tables | | |
| +-+-------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | ``ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE`` | nested | one UDP port table | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE_SIZE`` | u32 | max size of the | | |
| | | | | | table | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE_TYPES`` | bitset | tunnel types which | | |
| | | | | | table can hold | | |
| +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE_ENTRY`` | nested | offloaded UDP port | | |
| +-+-+-+---------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_ENTRY_PORT`` | be16 | UDP port | | |
| +-+-+-+---------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_ENTRY_TYPE`` | u32 | tunnel type | | |
| +-+-+-+---------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| 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 | |
| Statistics may have FEC bins histogram attribute ``ETHTOOL_A_FEC_STAT_HIST`` | |
| as defined in IEEE 802.3ck-2022 and 802.3df-2024. Nested attributes will have | |
| the range of FEC errors in the bin (inclusive) and the amount of error events | |
| in the bin. | |
| 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_GET | |
| ================= | |
| 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 | |
| ======================================= ====== ========================== | |
| If ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_BANK`` is not specified, bank 0 is assumed. | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | | |
| +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_DATA`` | binary | 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_SRC`` u32 source of statistics | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GROUPS`` bitset requested groups of stats | |
| ======================================= ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| +-----------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | | |
| +-----------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_SRC`` | u32 | source of statistics | | |
| +-----------------------------------+--------+--------------------------------+ | |
| | ``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 | |
| ETHTOOL_STATS_PHY phy Additional PHY statistics, not defined by IEEE | |
| ====================== ======== =============================================== | |
| 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 | |
| ============================= ==== ==== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_SRC`` is optional. Similar to ``PAUSE_GET``, it takes values | |
| from ``enum ethtool_mac_stats_src``. If absent from the request, stats will be | |
| provided with an ``ETHTOOL_A_STATS_SRC`` attribute in the response equal to | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MAC_STATS_SRC_AGGREGATE``. | |
| PHC_VCLOCKS_GET | |
| =============== | |
| Query device PHC virtual clocks information. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHC_VCLOCKS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHC_VCLOCKS_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHC_VCLOCKS_NUM`` u32 PHC virtual clocks number | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHC_VCLOCKS_INDEX`` s32 PHC index array | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| MODULE_GET | |
| ========== | |
| Gets transceiver module parameters. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ====================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_POWER_MODE_POLICY`` u8 power mode policy | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_POWER_MODE`` u8 operational power mode | |
| ====================================== ====== ========================== | |
| The optional ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_POWER_MODE_POLICY`` attribute encodes the | |
| transceiver module power mode policy enforced by the host. The default policy | |
| is driver-dependent, but "auto" is the recommended default and it should be | |
| implemented by new drivers and drivers where conformance to a legacy behavior | |
| is not critical. | |
| The optional ``ETHTHOOL_A_MODULE_POWER_MODE`` attribute encodes the operational | |
| power mode policy of the transceiver module. It is only reported when a module | |
| is plugged-in. Possible values are: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_module_power_mode | |
| MODULE_SET | |
| ========== | |
| Sets transceiver module parameters. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ====================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_POWER_MODE_POLICY`` u8 power mode policy | |
| ====================================== ====== ========================== | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_POWER_MODE_POLICY`` attribute is used | |
| to set the transceiver module power policy enforced by the host. Possible | |
| values are: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_module_power_mode_policy | |
| For SFF-8636 modules, low power mode is forced by the host according to table | |
| 6-10 in revision 2.10a of the specification. | |
| For CMIS modules, low power mode is forced by the host according to table 6-12 | |
| in revision 5.0 of the specification. | |
| PSE_GET | |
| ======= | |
| Gets PSE attributes. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ========================================== ====== ============================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PODL_PSE_ADMIN_STATE`` u32 Operational state of the PoDL | |
| PSE functions | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PODL_PSE_PW_D_STATUS`` u32 power detection status of the | |
| PoDL PSE. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_ADMIN_STATE`` u32 Operational state of the PoE | |
| PSE functions. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_PW_D_STATUS`` u32 power detection status of the | |
| PoE PSE. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_PW_CLASS`` u32 power class of the PoE PSE. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_ACTUAL_PW`` u32 actual power drawn on the | |
| PoE PSE. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_EXT_STATE`` u32 power extended state of the | |
| PoE PSE. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_EXT_SUBSTATE`` u32 power extended substatus of | |
| the PoE PSE. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_AVAIL_PW_LIMIT`` u32 currently configured power | |
| limit of the PoE PSE. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_PW_LIMIT_RANGES`` nested Supported power limit | |
| configuration ranges. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_PW_D_ID`` u32 Index of the PSE power domain | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_PRIO_MAX`` u32 Priority maximum configurable | |
| on the PoE PSE | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_PRIO`` u32 Priority of the PoE PSE | |
| currently configured | |
| ========================================== ====== ============================= | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PODL_PSE_ADMIN_STATE`` attribute identifies | |
| the operational state of the PoDL PSE functions. The operational state of the | |
| PSE function can be changed using the ``ETHTOOL_A_PODL_PSE_ADMIN_CONTROL`` | |
| action. This attribute corresponds to ``IEEE 802.3-2018`` 30.15.1.1.2 | |
| aPoDLPSEAdminState. Possible values are: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_podl_pse_admin_state | |
| The same goes for ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_ADMIN_STATE`` implementing | |
| ``IEEE 802.3-2022`` 30.9.1.1.2 aPSEAdminState. | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_c33_pse_admin_state | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PODL_PSE_PW_D_STATUS`` attribute identifies | |
| the power detection status of the PoDL PSE. The status depend on internal PSE | |
| state machine and automatic PD classification support. This attribute | |
| corresponds to ``IEEE 802.3-2018`` 30.15.1.1.3 aPoDLPSEPowerDetectionStatus. | |
| Possible values are: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_podl_pse_pw_d_status | |
| The same goes for ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_ADMIN_PW_D_STATUS`` implementing | |
| ``IEEE 802.3-2022`` 30.9.1.1.5 aPSEPowerDetectionStatus. | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_c33_pse_pw_d_status | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_PW_CLASS`` attribute identifies | |
| the power class of the C33 PSE. It depends on the class negotiated between | |
| the PSE and the PD. This attribute corresponds to ``IEEE 802.3-2022`` | |
| 30.9.1.1.8 aPSEPowerClassification. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_ACTUAL_PW`` attribute identifies | |
| the actual power drawn by the C33 PSE. This attribute corresponds to | |
| ``IEEE 802.3-2022`` 30.9.1.1.23 aPSEActualPower. Actual power is reported | |
| in mW. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_EXT_STATE`` attribute identifies | |
| the extended error state of the C33 PSE. Possible values are: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_c33_pse_ext_state | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_EXT_SUBSTATE`` attribute identifies | |
| the extended error state of the C33 PSE. Possible values are: | |
| Possible values are: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_class_num_events | |
| ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_error_condition | |
| ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_mr_pse_enable | |
| ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_option_detect_ted | |
| ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_option_vport_lim | |
| ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_ovld_detected | |
| ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_pd_dll_power_type | |
| ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_power_not_available | |
| ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_short_detected | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_AVAIL_PW_LIMIT`` attribute | |
| identifies the C33 PSE power limit in mW. | |
| When set the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_PW_LIMIT_RANGES`` nested attribute | |
| identifies the C33 PSE power limit ranges through | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_PWR_VAL_LIMIT_RANGE_MIN`` and | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_PWR_VAL_LIMIT_RANGE_MAX``. | |
| If the controller works with fixed classes, the min and max values will be | |
| equal. | |
| The ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_PW_D_ID`` attribute identifies the index of PSE power | |
| domain. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_PRIO_MAX`` attribute identifies | |
| the PSE maximum priority value. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_PRIO`` attributes is used to | |
| identifies the currently configured PSE priority. | |
| For a description of PSE priority attributes, see ``PSE_SET``. | |
| PSE_SET | |
| ======= | |
| Sets PSE parameters. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ====================================== ====== ============================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PODL_PSE_ADMIN_CONTROL`` u32 Control PoDL PSE Admin state | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_ADMIN_CONTROL`` u32 Control PSE Admin state | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_AVAIL_PWR_LIMIT`` u32 Control PoE PSE available | |
| power limit | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_PRIO`` u32 Control priority of the | |
| PoE PSE | |
| ====================================== ====== ============================= | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PODL_PSE_ADMIN_CONTROL`` attribute is used | |
| to control PoDL PSE Admin functions. This option implements | |
| ``IEEE 802.3-2018`` 30.15.1.2.1 acPoDLPSEAdminControl. See | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PODL_PSE_ADMIN_STATE`` for supported values. | |
| The same goes for ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_ADMIN_CONTROL`` implementing | |
| ``IEEE 802.3-2022`` 30.9.1.2.1 acPSEAdminControl. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_C33_PSE_AVAIL_PWR_LIMIT`` attribute is | |
| used to control the available power value limit for C33 PSE in milliwatts. | |
| This attribute corresponds to the `pse_available_power` variable described in | |
| ``IEEE 802.3-2022`` 33.2.4.4 Variables and `pse_avail_pwr` in 145.2.5.4 | |
| Variables, which are described in power classes. | |
| It was decided to use milliwatts for this interface to unify it with other | |
| power monitoring interfaces, which also use milliwatts, and to align with | |
| various existing products that document power consumption in watts rather than | |
| classes. If power limit configuration based on classes is needed, the | |
| conversion can be done in user space, for example by ethtool. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_PRIO`` attributes is used to | |
| control the PSE priority. Allowed priority value are between zero and | |
| the value of ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_PRIO_MAX`` attribute. | |
| A lower value indicates a higher priority, meaning that a priority value | |
| of 0 corresponds to the highest port priority. | |
| Port priority serves two functions: | |
| - Power-up Order: After a reset, ports are powered up in order of their | |
| priority from highest to lowest. Ports with higher priority | |
| (lower values) power up first. | |
| - Shutdown Order: When the power budget is exceeded, ports with lower | |
| priority (higher values) are turned off first. | |
| PSE_NTF | |
| ======= | |
| Notify PSE events. | |
| Notification contents: | |
| =============================== ====== ======================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_EVENTS`` bitset PSE events | |
| =============================== ====== ======================== | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PSE_EVENTS`` attribute identifies the | |
| PSE events. | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_pse_event | |
| RSS_GET | |
| ======= | |
| Get indirection table, hash key and hash function info associated with a | |
| RSS context of an interface similar to ``ETHTOOL_GRSSH`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ============================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_CONTEXT`` u32 context number | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_START_CONTEXT`` u32 start context number (dumps) | |
| ===================================== ====== ============================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_CONTEXT`` specifies which RSS context number to query, | |
| if not set context 0 (the main context) is queried. Dumps can be filtered | |
| by device (only listing contexts of a given netdev). Filtering single | |
| context number is not supported but ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_START_CONTEXT`` | |
| can be used to start dumping context from the given number (primarily | |
| used to ignore context 0s and only dump additional contexts). | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== =============================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_CONTEXT`` u32 context number | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HFUNC`` u32 RSS hash func | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INDIR`` binary Indir table bytes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HKEY`` binary Hash key bytes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INPUT_XFRM`` u32 RSS input data transformation | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_FLOW_HASH`` nested Header fields included in hash | |
| ===================================== ====== =============================== | |
| ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HFUNC attribute is bitmap indicating the hash function | |
| being used. Current supported options are toeplitz, xor or crc32. | |
| ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INDIR attribute returns RSS indirection table where each byte | |
| indicates queue number. | |
| ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INPUT_XFRM attribute is a bitmap indicating the type of | |
| transformation applied to the input protocol fields before given to the RSS | |
| hfunc. Current supported options are symmetric-xor and symmetric-or-xor. | |
| ETHTOOL_A_RSS_FLOW_HASH carries per-flow type bitmask of which header | |
| fields are included in the hash calculation. | |
| RSS_SET | |
| ======= | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ============================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_CONTEXT`` u32 context number | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HFUNC`` u32 RSS hash func | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INDIR`` binary Indir table bytes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HKEY`` binary Hash key bytes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INPUT_XFRM`` u32 RSS input data transformation | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_FLOW_HASH`` nested Header fields included in hash | |
| ===================================== ====== ============================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INDIR`` is the minimal RSS table the user expects. Kernel and | |
| the device driver may replicate the table if its smaller than smallest table | |
| size supported by the device. For example if user requests ``[0, 1]`` but the | |
| device needs at least 8 entries - the real table in use will end up being | |
| ``[0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1]``. Most devices require the table size to be power | |
| of 2, so tables which size is not a power of 2 will likely be rejected. | |
| Using table of size 0 will reset the indirection table to the default. | |
| RSS_CREATE_ACT | |
| ============== | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ============================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_CONTEXT`` u32 context number | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HFUNC`` u32 RSS hash func | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INDIR`` binary Indir table bytes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HKEY`` binary Hash key bytes | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INPUT_XFRM`` u32 RSS input data transformation | |
| ===================================== ====== ============================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ============================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_CONTEXT`` u32 context number | |
| ===================================== ====== ============================== | |
| Create an additional RSS context, if ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_CONTEXT`` is not | |
| specified kernel will allocate one automatically. | |
| RSS_DELETE_ACT | |
| ============== | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ============================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_RSS_CONTEXT`` u32 context number | |
| ===================================== ====== ============================== | |
| Delete an additional RSS context. | |
| PLCA_GET_CFG | |
| ============ | |
| Gets the IEEE 802.3cg-2019 Clause 148 Physical Layer Collision Avoidance | |
| (PLCA) Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) attributes. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ====================================== ====== ============================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_VERSION`` u16 Supported PLCA management | |
| interface standard/version | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_ENABLED`` u8 PLCA Admin State | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_NODE_ID`` u32 PLCA unique local node ID | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_NODE_CNT`` u32 Number of PLCA nodes on the | |
| network, including the | |
| coordinator | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_TO_TMR`` u32 Transmit Opportunity Timer | |
| value in bit-times (BT) | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_BURST_CNT`` u32 Number of additional packets | |
| the node is allowed to send | |
| within a single TO | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_BURST_TMR`` u32 Time to wait for the MAC to | |
| transmit a new frame before | |
| terminating the burst | |
| ====================================== ====== ============================= | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_VERSION`` attribute indicates which | |
| standard and version the PLCA management interface complies to. When not set, | |
| the interface is vendor-specific and (possibly) supplied by the driver. | |
| The OPEN Alliance SIG specifies a standard register map for 10BASE-T1S PHYs | |
| embedding the PLCA Reconciliation Sublayer. See "10BASE-T1S PLCA Management | |
| Registers" at https://www.opensig.org/about/specifications/. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_ENABLED`` attribute indicates the | |
| administrative state of the PLCA RS. When not set, the node operates in "plain" | |
| CSMA/CD mode. This option is corresponding to ``IEEE 802.3cg-2019`` 30.16.1.1.1 | |
| aPLCAAdminState / 30.16.1.2.1 acPLCAAdminControl. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_NODE_ID`` attribute indicates the | |
| configured local node ID of the PHY. This ID determines which transmit | |
| opportunity (TO) is reserved for the node to transmit into. This option is | |
| corresponding to ``IEEE 802.3cg-2019`` 30.16.1.1.4 aPLCALocalNodeID. The valid | |
| range for this attribute is [0 .. 255] where 255 means "not configured". | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_NODE_CNT`` attribute indicates the | |
| configured maximum number of PLCA nodes on the mixing-segment. This number | |
| determines the total number of transmit opportunities generated during a | |
| PLCA cycle. This attribute is relevant only for the PLCA coordinator, which is | |
| the node with aPLCALocalNodeID set to 0. Follower nodes ignore this setting. | |
| This option is corresponding to ``IEEE 802.3cg-2019`` 30.16.1.1.3 | |
| aPLCANodeCount. The valid range for this attribute is [1 .. 255]. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_TO_TMR`` attribute indicates the | |
| configured value of the transmit opportunity timer in bit-times. This value | |
| must be set equal across all nodes sharing the medium for PLCA to work | |
| correctly. This option is corresponding to ``IEEE 802.3cg-2019`` 30.16.1.1.5 | |
| aPLCATransmitOpportunityTimer. The valid range for this attribute is | |
| [0 .. 255]. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_BURST_CNT`` attribute indicates the | |
| configured number of extra packets that the node is allowed to send during a | |
| single transmit opportunity. By default, this attribute is 0, meaning that | |
| the node can only send a single frame per TO. When greater than 0, the PLCA RS | |
| keeps the TO after any transmission, waiting for the MAC to send a new frame | |
| for up to aPLCABurstTimer BTs. This can only happen a number of times per PLCA | |
| cycle up to the value of this parameter. After that, the burst is over and the | |
| normal counting of TOs resumes. This option is corresponding to | |
| ``IEEE 802.3cg-2019`` 30.16.1.1.6 aPLCAMaxBurstCount. The valid range for this | |
| attribute is [0 .. 255]. | |
| When set, the optional ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_BURST_TMR`` attribute indicates how | |
| many bit-times the PLCA RS waits for the MAC to initiate a new transmission | |
| when aPLCAMaxBurstCount is greater than 0. If the MAC fails to send a new | |
| frame within this time, the burst ends and the counting of TOs resumes. | |
| Otherwise, the new frame is sent as part of the current burst. This option | |
| is corresponding to ``IEEE 802.3cg-2019`` 30.16.1.1.7 aPLCABurstTimer. The | |
| valid range for this attribute is [0 .. 255]. Although, the value should be | |
| set greater than the Inter-Frame-Gap (IFG) time of the MAC (plus some margin) | |
| for PLCA burst mode to work as intended. | |
| PLCA_SET_CFG | |
| ============ | |
| Sets PLCA RS parameters. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ====================================== ====== ============================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_ENABLED`` u8 PLCA Admin State | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_NODE_ID`` u8 PLCA unique local node ID | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_NODE_CNT`` u8 Number of PLCA nodes on the | |
| network, including the | |
| coordinator | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_TO_TMR`` u8 Transmit Opportunity Timer | |
| value in bit-times (BT) | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_BURST_CNT`` u8 Number of additional packets | |
| the node is allowed to send | |
| within a single TO | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_BURST_TMR`` u8 Time to wait for the MAC to | |
| transmit a new frame before | |
| terminating the burst | |
| ====================================== ====== ============================= | |
| For a description of each attribute, see ``PLCA_GET_CFG``. | |
| PLCA_GET_STATUS | |
| =============== | |
| Gets PLCA RS status information. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ===================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ====================================== ====== ============================= | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_HEADER`` nested reply header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_STATUS`` u8 PLCA RS operational status | |
| ====================================== ====== ============================= | |
| When set, the ``ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_STATUS`` attribute indicates whether the node is | |
| detecting the presence of the BEACON on the network. This flag is | |
| corresponding to ``IEEE 802.3cg-2019`` 30.16.1.1.2 aPLCAStatus. | |
| MM_GET | |
| ====== | |
| Retrieve 802.3 MAC Merge parameters. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ================================= ====== =================================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_PMAC_ENABLED`` bool set if RX of preemptible and SMD-V | |
| frames is enabled | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_ENABLED`` bool set if TX of preemptible frames is | |
| administratively enabled (might be | |
| inactive if verification failed) | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_ACTIVE`` bool set if TX of preemptible frames is | |
| operationally enabled | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_MIN_FRAG_SIZE`` u32 minimum size of transmitted | |
| non-final fragments, in octets | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_RX_MIN_FRAG_SIZE`` u32 minimum size of received non-final | |
| fragments, in octets | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_ENABLED`` bool set if TX of SMD-V frames is | |
| administratively enabled | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_STATUS`` u8 state of the verification function | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_TIME`` u32 delay between verification attempts | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_MAX_VERIFY_TIME``` u32 maximum verification interval | |
| supported by device | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_STATS`` nested IEEE 802.3-2018 subclause 30.14.1 | |
| oMACMergeEntity statistics counters | |
| ================================= ====== =================================== | |
| The attributes are populated by the device driver through the following | |
| structure: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_mm_state | |
| The ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_STATUS`` will report one of the values from | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_mm_verify_status | |
| If ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_ENABLED`` was passed as false in the ``MM_SET`` | |
| command, ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_STATUS`` will report either | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MM_VERIFY_STATUS_INITIAL`` or ``ETHTOOL_MM_VERIFY_STATUS_DISABLED``, | |
| otherwise it should report one of the other states. | |
| It is recommended that drivers start with the pMAC disabled, and enable it upon | |
| user space request. It is also recommended that user space does not depend upon | |
| the default values from ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET`` requests. | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_STATS`` are reported if ``ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS`` was set in | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS``. The attribute will be empty if driver did not | |
| report any statistics. Drivers fill in the statistics in the following | |
| structure: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_mm_stats | |
| MM_SET | |
| ====== | |
| Modifies the configuration of the 802.3 MAC Merge layer. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ================================= ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_TIME`` u32 see MM_GET description | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_ENABLED`` bool see MM_GET description | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_ENABLED`` bool see MM_GET description | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_PMAC_ENABLED`` bool see MM_GET description | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_MIN_FRAG_SIZE`` u32 see MM_GET description | |
| ================================= ====== ========================== | |
| The attributes are propagated to the driver through the following structure: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_mm_cfg | |
| MODULE_FW_FLASH_ACT | |
| =================== | |
| Flashes transceiver module firmware. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ======================================= ====== =========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_FILE_NAME`` string firmware image file name | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_PASSWORD`` u32 transceiver module password | |
| ======================================= ====== =========================== | |
| The firmware update process consists of three logical steps: | |
| 1. Downloading a firmware image to the transceiver module and validating it. | |
| 2. Running the firmware image. | |
| 3. Committing the firmware image so that it is run upon reset. | |
| When flash command is given, those three steps are taken in that order. | |
| This message merely schedules the update process and returns immediately | |
| without blocking. The process then runs asynchronously. | |
| Since it can take several minutes to complete, during the update process | |
| notifications are emitted from the kernel to user space updating it about | |
| the status and progress. | |
| The ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_FILE_NAME`` attribute encodes the firmware | |
| image file name. The firmware image is downloaded to the transceiver module, | |
| validated, run and committed. | |
| The optional ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_PASSWORD`` attribute encodes a password | |
| that might be required as part of the transceiver module firmware update | |
| process. | |
| The firmware update process can take several minutes to complete. Therefore, | |
| during the update process notifications are emitted from the kernel to user | |
| space updating it about the status and progress. | |
| Notification contents: | |
| +---------------------------------------------------+--------+----------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | | |
| +---------------------------------------------------+--------+----------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_STATUS`` | u32 | status | | |
| +---------------------------------------------------+--------+----------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_STATUS_MSG`` | string | status message | | |
| +---------------------------------------------------+--------+----------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_DONE`` | uint | progress | | |
| +---------------------------------------------------+--------+----------------+ | |
| | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_TOTAL`` | uint | total | | |
| +---------------------------------------------------+--------+----------------+ | |
| The ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_STATUS`` attribute encodes the current status | |
| of the firmware update process. Possible values are: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | |
| :identifiers: ethtool_module_fw_flash_status | |
| The ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_STATUS_MSG`` attribute encodes a status message | |
| string. | |
| The ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_DONE`` and ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_FW_FLASH_TOTAL`` | |
| attributes encode the completed and total amount of work, respectively. | |
| PHY_GET | |
| ======= | |
| Retrieve information about a given Ethernet PHY sitting on the link. The DO | |
| operation returns all available information about dev->phydev. User can also | |
| specify a PHY_INDEX, in which case the DO request returns information about that | |
| specific PHY. | |
| As there can be more than one PHY, the DUMP operation can be used to list the PHYs | |
| present on a given interface, by passing an interface index or name in | |
| the dump request. | |
| For more information, refer to :ref:`phy_link_topology` | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHY_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ===================================== ====== =============================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHY_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHY_INDEX`` u32 the phy's unique index, that can | |
| be used for phy-specific | |
| requests | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHY_DRVNAME`` string the phy driver name | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHY_NAME`` string the phy device name | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHY_UPSTREAM_TYPE`` u32 the type of device this phy is | |
| connected to | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHY_UPSTREAM_INDEX`` u32 the PHY index of the upstream | |
| PHY | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHY_UPSTREAM_SFP_NAME`` string if this PHY is connected to | |
| its parent PHY through an SFP | |
| bus, the name of this sfp bus | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_PHY_DOWNSTREAM_SFP_NAME`` string if the phy controls an sfp bus, | |
| the name of the sfp bus | |
| ===================================== ====== =============================== | |
| When ``ETHTOOL_A_PHY_UPSTREAM_TYPE`` is PHY_UPSTREAM_PHY, the PHY's parent is | |
| another PHY. | |
| TSCONFIG_GET | |
| ============ | |
| Retrieves the information about the current hardware timestamping source and | |
| configuration. | |
| It is similar to the deprecated ``SIOCGHWTSTAMP`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ==================================== ====== ========================== | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ======================================== ====== ============================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HWTSTAMP_PROVIDER`` nested PTP hw clock provider | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_TX_TYPES`` bitset hwtstamp Tx type | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_RX_FILTERS`` bitset hwtstamp Rx filter | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HWTSTAMP_FLAGS`` u32 hwtstamp flags | |
| ======================================== ====== ============================ | |
| When set the ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HWTSTAMP_PROVIDER`` attribute identifies the | |
| source of the hw timestamping provider. It is composed by | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_HWTSTAMP_PROVIDER_INDEX`` attribute which describe the index of | |
| the PTP device and ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_HWTSTAMP_PROVIDER_QUALIFIER`` which describe | |
| the qualifier of the timestamp. | |
| When set the ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_TX_TYPES``, ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_RX_FILTERS`` | |
| and the ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HWTSTAMP_FLAGS`` attributes identify the Tx | |
| type, the Rx filter and the flags configured for the current hw timestamping | |
| provider. The attributes are propagated to the driver through the following | |
| structure: | |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/net_tstamp.h | |
| :identifiers: kernel_hwtstamp_config | |
| TSCONFIG_SET | |
| ============ | |
| Set the information about the current hardware timestamping source and | |
| configuration. | |
| It is similar to the deprecated ``SIOCSHWTSTAMP`` ioctl request. | |
| Request contents: | |
| ======================================== ====== ============================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HWTSTAMP_PROVIDER`` nested PTP hw clock provider | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_TX_TYPES`` bitset hwtstamp Tx type | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_RX_FILTERS`` bitset hwtstamp Rx filter | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HWTSTAMP_FLAGS`` u32 hwtstamp flags | |
| ======================================== ====== ============================ | |
| Kernel response contents: | |
| ======================================== ====== ============================ | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HEADER`` nested request header | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HWTSTAMP_PROVIDER`` nested PTP hw clock provider | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_TX_TYPES`` bitset hwtstamp Tx type | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_RX_FILTERS`` bitset hwtstamp Rx filter | |
| ``ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HWTSTAMP_FLAGS`` u32 hwtstamp flags | |
| ======================================== ====== ============================ | |
| For a description of each attribute, see ``TSCONFIG_GET``. | |
| Request translation | |
| =================== | |
| The following table maps ioctl commands to netlink commands providing their | |
| functionality. Entries with "n/a" in right column are commands which do not | |
| have their netlink replacement yet. Entries which "n/a" in the left column | |
| are netlink only. | |
| =================================== ===================================== | |
| ioctl command netlink command | |
| =================================== ===================================== | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GSET`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SSET`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GREGS`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GWOL`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SWOL`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GMSGLVL`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SMSGLVL`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_NWAY_RST`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GLINK`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKSTATE_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GEEPROM`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SEEPROM`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GCOALESCE`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SCOALESCE`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GRINGPARAM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RINGS_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SRINGPARAM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RINGS_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PAUSE_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SPAUSEPARAM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PAUSE_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GRXCSUM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SRXCSUM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GTXCSUM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_STXCSUM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GSG`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SSG`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_TEST`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_PHYS_ID`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GSTATS`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GTSO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_STSO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR`` rtnetlink ``RTM_GETLINK`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GUFO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SUFO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GGSO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SGSO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GFLAGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SFLAGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GPFLAGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PRIVFLAGS_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SPFLAGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PRIVFLAGS_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GRXFH`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SRXFH`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GGRO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SGRO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLCNT`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRULE`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SRXCLSRLDEL`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SRXCLSRLINS`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_FLASHDEV`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_RESET`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SRXNTUPLE`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GRXNTUPLE`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GSSET_INFO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GRXFHINDIR`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SRXFHINDIR`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GFEATURES`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SFEATURES`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GCHANNELS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CHANNELS_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SCHANNELS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CHANNELS_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SET_DUMP`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GET_DUMP_FLAG`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GET_DUMP_DATA`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GET_TS_INFO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_GET`` | |
| ``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`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SRSSH`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GTUNABLE`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_STUNABLE`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GPHYSTATS`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_PERQUEUE`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_GET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_SLINKSETTINGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_SET`` | |
| ``ETHTOOL_PHY_GTUNABLE`` n/a | |
| ``ETHTOOL_PHY_STUNABLE`` n/a | |
| ``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`` | |
| n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHC_VCLOCKS_GET`` | |
| n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_GET`` | |
| n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_SET`` | |
| n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_GET_CFG`` | |
| n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_SET_CFG`` | |
| n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_GET_STATUS`` | |
| n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET`` | |
| n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_SET`` | |
| n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_FW_FLASH_ACT`` | |
| n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_GET`` | |
| ``SIOCGHWTSTAMP`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_GET`` | |
| ``SIOCSHWTSTAMP`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_SET`` | |
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