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| author | Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@nvidia.com> | 2023-01-20 05:14:40 +0300 |
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| committer | Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com> | 2023-02-04 13:07:03 +0300 |
| commit | 04937a0f68911a62dfd0a84bb383dcbf0a19d8c8 (patch) | |
| tree | ac89f18e0b18b15ea2c1697e4f57151fd37f18e4 /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | 8ce3b586faa471ab750bd201c0fd063c2a29e515 (diff) | |
| download | linux-04937a0f68911a62dfd0a84bb383dcbf0a19d8c8.tar.xz | |
net/mlx5: Document support for RoCE HCA disablement capability
Some mlx5 devices are capable of disabling RoCE. In this situation,
disablement does not need to be handled at the driver level.
Signed-off-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Shay Drory <shayd@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst index eca7ac0334c5..9b5c40ba7f0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst @@ -66,10 +66,12 @@ User command examples: enable_roce: RoCE enablement state ---------------------------------- -RoCE enablement state controls driver support for RoCE traffic. -When RoCE is disabled, there is no gid table, only raw ethernet QPs are supported and traffic on the well-known UDP RoCE port is handled as raw ethernet traffic. +If the device supports RoCE disablement, RoCE enablement state controls device +support for RoCE capability. Otherwise, the control occurs in the driver stack. +When RoCE is disabled at the driver level, only raw ethernet QPs are supported. -To change RoCE enablement state, a user must change the driverinit cmode value and run devlink reload. +To change RoCE enablement state, a user must change the driverinit cmode value +and run devlink reload. User command examples: |