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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index f1f868479ceb..5713abf98534 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ Userspace to kernel: ``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 ===================================== ================================ Kernel to userspace: @@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ Kernel to userspace: ``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 ===================================== ================================= ``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device @@ -521,6 +523,37 @@ Request contents: ``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). + + Request translation =================== @@ -551,30 +584,30 @@ have their netlink replacement yet. ``ETHTOOL_SRINGPARAM`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SPAUSEPARAM`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_GRXCSUM`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_GRXCSUM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_SRXCSUM`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_GTXCSUM`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_GTXCSUM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_STXCSUM`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_GSG`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_GSG`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_SSG`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_TEST`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_PHYS_ID`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GSTATS`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_GTSO`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_GTSO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_STSO`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR`` rtnetlink ``RTM_GETLINK`` - ``ETHTOOL_GUFO`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_GUFO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_SUFO`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_GGSO`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_GGSO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_SGSO`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_GFLAGS`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_GFLAGS`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_SFLAGS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GPFLAGS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SPFLAGS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GRXFH`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SRXFH`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_GGRO`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_GGRO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_SGRO`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLCNT`` n/a @@ -589,7 +622,7 @@ have their netlink replacement yet. ``ETHTOOL_GSSET_INFO`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_GRXFHINDIR`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SRXFHINDIR`` n/a - ``ETHTOOL_GFEATURES`` n/a + ``ETHTOOL_GFEATURES`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET`` ``ETHTOOL_SFEATURES`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_GCHANNELS`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SCHANNELS`` n/a |