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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-fcoe b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-fcoe index 657df13b100d..8fe787cc4ab7 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-fcoe +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-fcoe @@ -3,16 +3,19 @@ Date: August 2012 KernelVersion: TBD Contact: Robert Love <robert.w.love@intel.com>, devel@open-fcoe.org Description: The FCoE bus. Attributes in this directory are control interfaces. + Attributes: - ctlr_create: 'FCoE Controller' instance creation interface. Writing an + ctlr_create: + 'FCoE Controller' instance creation interface. Writing an <ifname> to this file will allocate and populate sysfs with a fcoe_ctlr_device (ctlr_X). The user can then configure any per-port settings and finally write to the fcoe_ctlr_device's 'start' attribute to begin the kernel's discovery and login process. - ctlr_destroy: 'FCoE Controller' instance removal interface. Writing a + ctlr_destroy: + 'FCoE Controller' instance removal interface. Writing a fcoe_ctlr_device's sysfs name to this file will log the fcoe_ctlr_device out of the fabric or otherwise connected FCoE devices. It will also free all kernel memory allocated @@ -32,11 +35,13 @@ Description: 'FCoE Controller' instances on the fcoe bus. Attributes: - fcf_dev_loss_tmo: Device loss timeout period (see below). Changing + fcf_dev_loss_tmo: + Device loss timeout period (see below). Changing this value will change the dev_loss_tmo for all FCFs discovered by this controller. - mode: Display or change the FCoE Controller's mode. Possible + mode: + Display or change the FCoE Controller's mode. Possible modes are 'Fabric' and 'VN2VN'. If a FCoE Controller is started in 'Fabric' mode then FIP FCF discovery is initiated and ultimately a fabric login is attempted. @@ -44,23 +49,30 @@ Attributes: FIP VN2VN discovery and login is performed. A FCoE Controller only supports one mode at a time. - enabled: Whether an FCoE controller is enabled or disabled. + enabled: + Whether an FCoE controller is enabled or disabled. 0 if disabled, 1 if enabled. Writing either 0 or 1 to this file will enable or disable the FCoE controller. - lesb/link_fail: Link Error Status Block (LESB) link failure count. + lesb/link_fail: + Link Error Status Block (LESB) link failure count. - lesb/vlink_fail: Link Error Status Block (LESB) virtual link + lesb/vlink_fail: + Link Error Status Block (LESB) virtual link failure count. - lesb/miss_fka: Link Error Status Block (LESB) missed FCoE + lesb/miss_fka: + Link Error Status Block (LESB) missed FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) Keep-Alives (FKA). - lesb/symb_err: Link Error Status Block (LESB) symbolic error count. + lesb/symb_err: + Link Error Status Block (LESB) symbolic error count. - lesb/err_block: Link Error Status Block (LESB) block error count. + lesb/err_block: + Link Error Status Block (LESB) block error count. - lesb/fcs_error: Link Error Status Block (LESB) Fibre Channel + lesb/fcs_error: + Link Error Status Block (LESB) Fibre Channel Services error count. Notes: ctlr_X (global increment starting at 0) @@ -75,31 +87,41 @@ Description: 'FCoE FCF' instances on the fcoe bus. A FCF is a Fibre Channel Fibre Channel frames into a FC fabric. It can also take outbound FC frames and pack them in Ethernet packets to be sent to their destination on the Ethernet segment. + Attributes: - fabric_name: Identifies the fabric that the FCF services. + fabric_name: + Identifies the fabric that the FCF services. - switch_name: Identifies the FCF. + switch_name: + Identifies the FCF. - priority: The switch's priority amongst other FCFs on the same + priority: + The switch's priority amongst other FCFs on the same fabric. - selected: 1 indicates that the switch has been selected for use; + selected: + 1 indicates that the switch has been selected for use; 0 indicates that the switch will not be used. - fc_map: The Fibre Channel MAP + fc_map: + The Fibre Channel MAP - vfid: The Virtual Fabric ID + vfid: + The Virtual Fabric ID - mac: The FCF's MAC address + mac: + The FCF's MAC address - fka_period: The FIP Keep-Alive period + fka_period: + The FIP Keep-Alive period fabric_state: The internal kernel state - "Unknown" - Initialization value - "Disconnected" - No link to the FCF/fabric - "Connected" - Host is connected to the FCF - "Deleted" - FCF is being removed from the system + + - "Unknown" - Initialization value + - "Disconnected" - No link to the FCF/fabric + - "Connected" - Host is connected to the FCF + - "Deleted" - FCF is being removed from the system dev_loss_tmo: The device loss timeout period for this FCF. |